Nd:GdVO4 as a three-level laser at 879 nm

Optics Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 2731-2733

  Herault, E ^a   Balembois, F ^a   Georges, P ^a  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

INTRACAVITY SECOND-HARMONIC GENERATION; LASER LEVELS; ND-DOPED CRYSTALS; PULSED REGIME;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DOPING (ADDITIVES); LASER PULSES; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL PUMPING; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

Q SWITCHED LASERS;

EID: 33749642672     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.31.002731     Document Type: Article

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