High-pulse-energy mid-infrared laser source based on optical parametric amplification in ZnGeP2

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 14263-14273

  Haakestad, Magnus W ^a   Arisholm, Gunnar ^a   Lippert, Espen ^a   Nicolas, Stephane ^a   Rustad, Gunnar ^a   Stenersen, Knut ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED DEVICES; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

BEAM QUALITY FACTOR; HIGH PULSE ENERGY; MASTER OSCILLATORS; MID-INFRARED LASER SOURCES; NONLINEAR OPTICAL CONVERSION; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION; Q SWITCHED ND:YAG LASER; WAVELENGTH REGIONS;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS;

GERMANIUM; PHOSPHORUS; ZINC;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AMPLIFIERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GERMANIUM; INFRARED RAYS; LASERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOSPHORUS; ZINC;

EID: 51149099759     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.014263     Document Type: Article

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