Drastic Reduction of Depolarization Resulting from Thermally Induced Birefringence by Use of a (llO)-Cut YAG Crystal

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 521-525

  Shoji, Ichiro ^a   Taira, Takunori ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

% REDUCTIONS; COMPOSITES MATERIAL; END-PUMPING; FOCUSED BEAMS; SIDE PUMPING; THERMALLY INDUCED BIREFRINGENCE; YAG; YAG CRYSTAL; YAG LASER;

DEPOLARIZATION;

EID: 33847023760     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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