Tunable diffraction-limited light at 488 nm by single-pass frequency doubling of a broad area diode laser

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 943-946

  Jechow, Andreas ^a   Raab, Volker ^a   Menzel, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; HARMONIC GENERATION; INFRARED RADIATION; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR CRYSTALS; TUNING;

BROAD AREA LASER DIODE; DIFFRACTION LIMITED LIGHT; EXTERNAL CAVITY; SINGLE PASS CONVERSION EFFICIENCY;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 33947517023     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.000943     Document Type: Article

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