Compact KTA-based intracavity optical parametric oscillator driven by a passively Q-switched Nd:GdVO4 laser

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 4287-4291

  Miao, Jieguang ^a,b   Peng, Jiying ^a,b   Wang, Baoshan ^a,b   Tan, Huiming ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHED LASERS; Q SWITCHING;

DIFFRACTION LIMITED; DIODE END-PUMPED; DIODE PUMP POWER; MODE MATCHING; OPTICAL-TO-OPTICAL CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PASSIVELY Q-SWITCHED; PASSIVELY Q-SWITCHED LASERS; THERMAL LENS EFFECTS;

PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 54949089318     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.004287     Document Type: Article

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