A 22-watt mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator with V-shaped 3-mirror ring resonator

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 25, 2010, Pages 26475-26483

  Lippert, Espen ^a   Fonnum, Helge ^a   Arisholm, Gunnar ^a   Stenersen, Knut ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIRRORS; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; PUMPING (LASER); PUMPS;

BEAM QUALITY FACTOR; MIDINFRARED; NONLINEAR CRYSTALS; OUTPUT POWER; RING RESONATOR; YAG LASER;

PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OSCILLOMETRY; SOLID STATE LASER; TRANSDUCER;

AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INFRARED RAYS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LENSES; OSCILLOMETRY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 78650050994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.026475     Document Type: Article

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