Single-longitudinal-mode Nd-laser with a Bragg-grating Fabry-Perot cavity

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 9284-9292

  Jacobsson, Björn ^a   Pasiskevicius, Valdas ^a   Laurell, Fredrik ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; LASER APPLICATIONS; NEODYMIUM; OPTICAL FILTERS;

BRAGG GRATINGS; FABRY-PEROT CAVITY; NARROWBAND FILTERS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 33749415976     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.009284     Document Type: Article

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