6 W, 1 kHz line width, tunable continuous-wave near-infrared laser

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 5246-5250

  Chiow, Sheng Wey ^a   Herrmann, Sven ^a   Miiller, Holger ^a,b,c   Chu, Steven ^a,b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED LASERS; SAPPHIRE;

AMPLITUDE CONTROL; CONTINUOUS WAVE; FREQUENCY STABILIZATION; HIGH-FINESSE CAVITY; INJECTION LOCKED; NEAR-INFRARED LASERS; SINGLE FREQUENCY; TITANIUM SAPPHIRE LASER;

SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INFRARED RAYS; LASERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 65249103952     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.005246     Document Type: Article

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