High-efficiency, multicrystal, single-pass, continuous-wave second harmonic generation

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 11152-11169

  Kumar, S Chaitanya ^a   Samanta, G K ^a,b   Devi, Kavita ^a   Ebrahim Zadeh, M ^a,c  

^a ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; NONLINEAR OPTICS;

1064 NM; CONTINUOUS WAVES; CRITICAL DESIGN PARAMETERS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; MULTIWATT; OUTPUT POWER; SHG EFFICIENCY; SPATIAL BEAM QUALITY; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; THEORETICAL STUDY; VITAL PARAMETERS;

HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 79958184019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.011152     Document Type: Article

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