Low-threshold femtosecond Nd: Glass laser

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 9171-9176

  Agnesi, Antonio ^a   Pirzio, Federico ^a   Reali, Giancarlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER SERIES; GLASS LASERS; PASSIVE MODE LOCKING;

BIODIAGNOSTICS; COMPACT LASERS; LOW THRESHOLDS; MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER; ND: GLASS LASERS; OPTIMUM COUPLING; SINGLE TRANSVERSE MODES; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES;

PUMPING (LASER);

GLASS;

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

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GLASS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 66449134214     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.009171     Document Type: Article

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