Generation of 7.6-W blue laser by frequency-tripling of a Nd:YAG laser in LBO crystals

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 6543-6549

  Peng, Haibo ^a   Hou, Wei ^a   Chen, Yahui ^a   Cui, Dafu ^a   Xu, Zuyan ^a   Chen, Chuantian ^b   Fan, Feidie ^b   Zhu, Yong ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LASERS; LIGHT; POWER ELECTRONICS; STABILITY;

BEAM QUALITY; BLUE LASER; BLUE LIGHT; FREQUENCY-TRIPLING;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 33745846452     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.006543     Document Type: Article

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