An all solid-state UV source based on a frequency quadrupled, passively Q-switched 946 nm laser

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 449-458

  Johansson, Sandra ^a   Bjurshagen, Stefan ^a   Canalias, Carlota ^a   Pasiskevicius, Valdas ^a   Laurell, Fredrik ^a   Koch, Ralf ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ACREO AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER TUNING; NEODYMIUM LASERS; Q SWITCHED LASERS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ND:YAG LASER; SOLID-STATE UV SOURCE;

LIGHT SOURCES;

EID: 33846484931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.000449     Document Type: Article

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