All-solid-state parametric Raman anti-Stokes laser at 508 nm

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 810-818

  Mildren, R P ^a   Coutts, D W ^a   Spence, D J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHASE MATCHING;

532 NM LASER; ALL-SOLID STATE; NON-COLLINEAR PHASE-MATCHING; OUTPUT ENERGY; POTASSIUM-GADOLINIUM TUNGSTATE; RAMAN LASERS; STOKES AND ANTI-STOKES; THIRD ORDER;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 58649094169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.000810     Document Type: Article

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