Deep ultraviolet diamond Raman laser

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 10857-10863

  Granados, Eduardo ^a   Spence, David J ^a   Mildren, Richard P ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DIAMONDS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHOTONS; PUMPS; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES;

DEEP ULTRAVIOLET; DIAMOND CRYSTALS; MODE-LOCKED; NANO-METER SCALE; ND:YVO4 LASER; NUMERICAL MODELS; PUMP PULSE ENERGY; RAMAN GAIN COEFFICIENTS; RAMAN LASERS; STOKES BEAM; TWO PHOTON; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTIONS;

ULTRAVIOLET LASERS;

EID: 79957619044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.010857     Document Type: Article

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