High-power, single-frequency, continuous-wave second-harmonic-generation of ytterbium fiber laser in PPKTP and MgO:sPPLT

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 13711-13726

  Chaitanya Kumar, S ^a   Samanta, G K ^a   Ebrahim Zadeh, M ^a,b  

^a ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FIBER LASERS; MAGNESIA; NONLINEAR OPTICS; YTTERBIUM;

CONTINUOUS WAVES; NARROW-LINE WIDTH; NONLINEAR CRYSTALS; OPTIMAL FOCUSING; SINGLE FREQUENCY; SPATIAL BEAM QUALITY; TEMPERATURE TUNING; YTTERBIUM FIBER LASER;

HARMONIC GENERATION;

YTTERBIUM;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LIGHT; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LASERS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; YTTERBIUM;

EID: 68349158784     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.013711     Document Type: Article

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