Wavelength-versatile visible and UV sources based on crystalline Raman lasers

Progress in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 121-158

  Pask, H M ^a   Dekker, P ^a   Mildren, R P ^a   Spence, D J ^a   Piper, J A ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Raman lasers; Solid state lasers; UV lasers; Visible lasers

Indexed keywords

SOLID STATE LASERS;

APPLICATIONS.; CONTINUOUS WAVES; FREQUENCY CONVERSIONS; FREQUENCY GENERATIONS; NONLINEAR PROCESSES; OUTPUT WAVELENGTHS; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PULSED SOURCES; RAMAN LASERS; RED SPECTRAL REGIONS; SINGLE LASERS; SPECTRAL REGIONS; UV LASERS; UV SOURCES; VISIBLE AND ULTRAVIOLETS; VISIBLE LASERS;

LASERS;

EID: 56449104168     PISSN: 00796727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pquantelec.2008.09.001     Document Type: Review

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