Highly-efficient and compact microchip green laser source for mobile projectors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7582, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Khaydarov, John ^a   Essaian, Stepan ^a   Nemet, Greg ^a   Shchegrov, Andrei ^a   Simanovskaia, Natalia ^a   Danielyan, Hakob ^b   Gabrielyan, Gevorg ^b   Poghosyan, Armen ^b   Soghomonyan, Suren ^b  

^a Spectralus Corporation   (United States)

^b Spectralus CJSC   (Armenia)

Author keywords

Green laser; Intracavity second harmonic generation; Microchip laser; Mobile projector; Periodically poled lithium niobate; Periodically poled magnesium oxide lithium niobate; Pico projector; PPLN; PPMgOLN; Second harmonic generation

Indexed keywords

GREEN LASER; INTRACAVITY SECOND-HARMONIC GENERATION; LITHIUM NIOBATE; MAGNESIUM OXIDES; MICROCHIP LASERS; PERIODICALLY POLED; PERIODICALLY POLED LITHIUM NIOBATE; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LIGHT SOURCES; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; NONLINEAR OPTICS;

HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 77951735021     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.843619     Document Type: Conference Paper

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