High-power, high-energy ZGP OPA Pumped by a 2.05-μm Ho:YLF MOPA System

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6875, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Dergachev, Alex ^a   Armstrong, Darrell ^b   Smith, Arlee ^b   Drake, Thomas ^c   Dubois, Marc ^c  

^a Q Peak Inc   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Parametric oscillators and amplifiers; Solid state lasers

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION LIMITED; ENERGY PER PULSE; HIGH ENERGIES; HIGH POWERS; MASTER OSCILLATOR POWER AMPLIFIER (MOPA) SYSTEM; NONLINEAR FREQUENCY; OSCILLATOR POWER; PULSE ENERGIES; PUMP SOURCES; REPETITION RATES; SIGNAL WAVELENGTHS; SINGLE SHOT (SS); TWO BEAMS;

COMPUTER NETWORKS; DIFFRACTION; MICROFLUIDICS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PIGMENTS; PUMPS; WAVES;

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 44849098399     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.765275     Document Type: Conference Paper

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