Stable, continuous-wave, intracavity, optical parametric oscillator pumped by a semiconductor disk laser (VECSEL).

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 10648-10658

  Stothard, D J M ^a   Hopkins, J M ^b   Burns, D ^b   Dunn, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); RELAXATION OSCILLATORS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

CONTINUOUS WAVE MODES; CONTINUOUS WAVE OPERATION; LASER GAIN MEDIUM; LOW-POWER OPERATION; OPTICALLY EXCITED SEMICONDUCTORS; PERIODICALLY POLED; RELAXATION OSCILLATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DISK LASER;

PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 67649249704     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.010648     Document Type: Article

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