Mid-infrared tunable optical parametric oscillator pumped by a Q-switched Tm, Ho:YAG ceramic laser

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7197, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hazama, Hisanao ^a   Yumoto, Masaki ^b,c   Ogawa, Takayo ^c   Wada, Satoshi ^b,c   Awazu, Kunio ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acousto optic Q switch; Diode pumped; Ho; Optical parametric oscillator; Theoretical model; Tm; Tunable mid infrared laser; YAG ceramic laser; ZnGeP2

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTO-OPTIC Q-SWITCH; DIODE-PUMPED; HO; THEORETICAL MODEL; TM; TUNABLE MID-INFRARED LASER; YAG CERAMIC LASER; ZNGEP2;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DIODES; HOLMIUM; INFRARED DEVICES; LASERS; LIGHT; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PUMPS; Q SWITCHING;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 65649124966     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.809832     Document Type: Conference Paper

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