Low-threshold, dual-passive mode locking of a large mode area Nd:GdVO 4 laser

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 6694-6704

  Schieffer, S L ^a   Brajkovic, D ^a   Cornea, A I ^a   Schroeder, W Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DIODES; LASER MODE LOCKING; PUMPING (LASER); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AXIAL-MODE PHASE LOCKERS; BRAGG MIRRORS; DIODE-PUMPING; PHASE-MISMATCHED SECOND HARMONIC CRYSTALS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 33746370673     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.006694     Document Type: Article

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