High average power frequency conversion with large aperture YCOB

Advanced Solid-State Photonics, ASSP 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ebbers, C A ^a   Bayramian, A J ^a   Campbell, R ^a   Cross, R ^a   Freitas, B L ^a   Liao, Z ^a   Schaffers, K I ^a   Sutton, S ^a   Caird, J A ^a   Barty, C P J ^a   Fei, Y ^b   Chai, B H T ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Crystal Photonics Inc Sanford   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY-DOUBLING; HIGH AVERAGE POWER; HIGH PULSE ENERGY; LARGE APERTURE; OPTICAL RELIABILITY; POST-GROWTH ANNEAL; STOICHIOMETRY CONTROL;

FREQUENCY DOUBLERS;

EID: 44649192717     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1364/assp.2008.wd3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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