Spectral filtering in a diode-pumped Nd:YLF regenerative amplifier using a volume Bragg grating

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 8197-8202

  Okishev, A V ^a   Dorrer, C ^a   Smirnov, V I ^b   Glebov, L B ^c   Zuegel, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b OptiGrate Corp   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BRAGG GRATINGS; DIFFRACTION EFFICIENCY; NEODYMIUM; PUMPING (LASER); REFLECTION;

REFLECTIVE ELEMENTS; SEED PULSE ENERGY; SPECTRAL FILTERING;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 34250885054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.008197     Document Type: Article

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