High energy cw-diode pumped Nd:YVO4 regenerative amplifier with efficient second harmonic generation

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 22761-22766

  Lührmann, Markus ^a   Theobald, Christian ^a   Wallenstein, Richard ^a   L'Huillier, Johannes A ^b  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b Photonik Zentrum Kaiserslautern EV   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PULSE REPETITION RATE;

DIODE-PUMPED; ND : YVO; OUTPUT POWER; PULSE DURATIONS; REGENERATIVE AMPLIFIER; REPETITION RATE;

HARMONIC GENERATION;

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

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

EID: 72049105122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.022761     Document Type: Article

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