RGB laser generation from fiber MOPAs coupled to external enhancement cavities

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7580, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Anderegg, Jesse P ^a   Chernysheva, Tatyana A ^a   Elkins, Dennis F ^a   Simmons, Calvin L ^a   Bishop, Richard C ^a   Pedersen, Christian L ^a   Murphy, Michael L ^a   Williams, Forrest L ^a  

^a Evans and Sutherland Computer Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhancement cavity; Fiber MOPA; LBO crystal; Nonlinear conversion; Visible laser

Indexed keywords

1064 NM; 1550 NM; AMPLIFIER POWER; BLUE LASERS; CAVITY FIBERS; CONTINUOUS WAVES; FIBER SYSTEMS; FREE SPACE; FWHM BANDWIDTH; GREEN LASER LIGHT; HARMONIC CONVERSION; LASER PROJECTORS; LBO CRYSTAL; LIMITING FACTORS; LITHIUM TRIBORATE CRYSTAL; NEAR INFRA RED; NONLINEAR CONVERSIONS; OPTICAL POWER; POLARIZATION-MAINTAINING FIBERS; RED LASER LIGHT; RGB LASER; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SINGLE-FREQUENCY; SUM-FREQUENCY MIXING; VISIBLE LASERS; VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; FIBER LASERS; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGHT SOURCES; LITHIUM; SOLID STATE LASERS; VISUALIZATION;

FIBERS;

EID: 77951832628     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.847924     Document Type: Conference Paper

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