Compact dual-wavelength Nd:GdVO4 laser working at 1063 and 1065 nm

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 6004-6009

  Wu, Bo ^a   Jiang, Peipei ^a   Yang, Dingzhong ^a   Chen, Tao ^a   Kong, Jian ^a   Shen, Yonghang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT POLARIZATION; POLARIZATION;

CAVITY CONFIGURATION; DIODE-LASER-PUMPED; DUAL WAVELENGTH; DUAL-WAVELENGTH OUTPUTS; HALF WAVEPLATE; POLARIZATION BEAM SPLITTERS; POLARIZED BEAMS; SAME POLARIZATION DIRECTION;

PUMPING (LASER);

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DIODE LASER; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; MINIATURIZATION; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 65149100369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.006004     Document Type: Article

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