Diode pumped Nd:YGG laser for direct generation of pulsed 935 nm radiation for water vapour measurements

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6451, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Lohring J ^a   Nicklaus, K ^a   Kujath, N ^a   Hoffmann, D ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR LASER TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

DIAL; Injection seeding; LID AR; Mixed garnet; Q switching; Solid state lasers; Water vapour

Indexed keywords

LASER RADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHED LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

FREQUENCY CONTROL; INJECTION SEEDING; MIXED GARNET; SINGLE MODE OPERATION;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 34248382587     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.708220     Document Type: Conference Paper

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