Experimental observations of dual-polarization oscillations in laser-diode-pumped wide-aperture thin-slice Nd:GdVO4 lasers

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 945-954

  Ko, Jing Yuan ^a   Lin, Chi Ching ^b   Otsuka, Kenju ^c   Miyasaka, Yoshihiko ^c   Kamikariya, Koji ^c   Nemoto, Kana ^c   Ho, Ming Chung ^a   Jiang, I Min ^b  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

ANISOTROPIC LASERS; ANTIPHASE DYNAMICS; DUAL POLARIZATION OSCILLATIONS (DPO); FLUORESCENCE ANISOTROPY;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 33846867970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.000945     Document Type: Article

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