Efficient conversion of a 1.064 μm Nd:YAG laser to the eye-safe region using a diamond Raman laser

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 23554-23560

  Sabella, Alexander ^a,b   Piper, James A ^b   Mildren, Richard P ^b  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; NEODYMIUM; PUMPING (LASER);

EXTERNAL CAVITY; EYE-SAFE; ND : YAG LASERS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; OPTIMAL OPERATION; OUTPUT COUPLING; PUMP LASER; QUANTUM CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; RAMAN LASERS; STOKES SHIFT;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

DIAMOND;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EYE; METHODOLOGY; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SOLID STATE LASER;

DIAMOND; EYE; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 80755127031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.023554     Document Type: Article

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