High power narrowband 589nm frequency doubled fibre laser source

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 14687-14693

  Luke Taylor, J ^a   Yan Feng, Domenico Bonaccini Calia ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SPECTRAL DENSITY;

DIFFRACTION-LIMITED BEAMS; EMISSION LINES; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; LASER GUIDE STAR; LASER SOURCES; NARROW BANDS; SEED LASERS; SPATIAL QUALITY;

FIBER LASERS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEAT; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; LASER; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICS; OSCILLOMETRY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HOT TEMPERATURE; LASERS; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; OSCILLOMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 69049112898     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.014687     Document Type: Article

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