Intensity noise reduction of dual-frequency Nd:YAG lasers

2012 International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, PHOTONICS 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  De, S ^a   El Amili, A ^b   Loas, G ^b   Schwartz, S ^c   Feugnet, G ^c   Pocholle, J P ^c   Bretenaker, F ^a   Alouini, M ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE AIMÉ COTTON   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c THALES RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; NOISE ABATEMENT; PHOTONICS; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC AXES; DUAL FREQUENCY; INTENSITY NOISE REDUCTION; ND : YAG LASERS; ND:YAG CRYSTAL; ORTHOGONALLY POLARIZED MODES;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 84881162578     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1364/photonics.2012.t3b.2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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