Yb:fiber-laser-pumped high-energy picosecond optical parametric oscillator

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 14229-14234

  Lamour, T P ^a   Kornaszewski, L ^a,b   Sun, J H ^a   Reid, D T ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); YTTERBIUM;

AVERAGE POWER; IMAGING OPTICS; INFRARED MATERIAL; INTRACAVITIES; POTENTIAL SOURCES; REPETITION FREQUENCY; SIGNAL PULSE; SIGNAL WAVELENGTH;

PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LIGHT; OSCILLOMETRY; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OSCILLOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 68349152608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.014229     Document Type: Article

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