Efficient generation of mode-locked pulses in Nd:YVO4 with a pulse duration adjustable between 34 ps and 1 ns

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 6177-6186

  L̈uhrmann, Markus ^a   Theobald, Christian ^a   Wallenstein, Richard ^a   L'huillier, Johannes A ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCKS (FASTENERS);

AVERAGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTINUOUS MODE; DIODE-PUMPED; FOURIER LIMIT; HIGHLY STABLES; MODE-LOCKED PULSE; ND:YVO4; PULSE DURATIONS;

OPTICAL PUMPING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASER; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 65149105025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.006177     Document Type: Article

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