104 W high stability green laser generation by using diode laser pumped intracavity frequency-doubling Q-switched composite ceramic Nd:YAG laser

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 3991-3997

  Xu, Degang ^a   Wang, Yuye ^b   Li, Haifeng ^b   Yao, Jianquan ^b   Tsang, Yuen H ^c  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DIODES; NEODYMIUM; OPTICAL CONDUCTIVITY; PUMPING (LASER); STABILITY;

CRYSTAL INTRACAVITY FREQUENCY; DIODE LASER STACKED ARRAYS; GREEN LASER GENERATION; OUTPUT POWER; POWER FLUCTUATION;

Q SWITCHED LASERS;

EID: 34147095879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.003991     Document Type: Article

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