Midinfrared laser source with high power and beam quality

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 3839-3845

  Lippert, Espen ^a   Nicolas, Stephane ^a   Arisholm, Gunnar ^a   Stenersen, Knut ^a   Rustad, Gunnar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM; LASER BEAMS; OPTICAL PUMPING; POWER GENERATION; Q SWITCHED LASERS; Q SWITCHING; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

AVERAGE POWER; BEAM QUALITY; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR; PULSE REPETITION RATE;

OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS;

EID: 33746063716     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.003839     Document Type: Article

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