Subnanosecond mJ eye-safe laser with an intracavity optical parametric oscillator in a shared resonator

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1551-1556

  Huang, Y P ^a   Chang, H L ^a   Huang, Y J ^a   Chang, Y T ^a   Su, K W ^a   Yen, W C ^b   Chen, Y F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

EYE-SAFE LASERS; INTRACAVITIES; OUTPUT COUPLERS; OUTPUT PERFORMANCE; PASSIVELY Q-SWITCHED LASERS; PULSE ENERGIES; SIGNAL OUTPUT; SUB NANOSECONDS;

PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 59749086137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.001551     Document Type: Article

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