Solid-state dye lasers pumped directly by diode lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5332, Issue , 2004, Pages 180-188

  Pacheco, Dennis P ^a   Russell, William H ^a   Aldag, Henry R ^a  

^a PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Diode lasers; Modified PMMA; Oxazine 725; Polymer filled nanoporous glass; Solid state dye lasers

Indexed keywords

MODIFIED PMMA; OXAZINE 725; POLYMER-FILLED NANOPOROUS GLASS; SOLID-STATE DYE LASERS;

BANDWIDTH; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL RESONATORS; POROUS MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 4344632460     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.531233     Document Type: Conference Paper

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