Collection Of theses on high power laser and plasma physics, Volume. 14, Issue 1, 4132(2016)

Noncritically phase-matched fourth-harmonic generation of Nd:glass lasers and design of final optics assembly

XIUQING JIANG1,2, LAILIN JI3、*, DONG LIU3, SHUNXING TANG1, BAOQIANG ZHU1, and ZUNQI LIN1
Author Affiliations
  • 1National Laboratory on High Power Laser and Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 390, Qinghe Road, Jiading District, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19, Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing 100039, China
  • 3Shanghai Institute of Laser Plasma, Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics, No. 390, Qinghe Road, Jiading District, Shanghai 201800, China
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    XIUQING JIANG, LAILIN JI, DONG LIU, SHUNXING TANG, BAOQIANG ZHU, ZUNQI LIN. Noncritically phase-matched fourth-harmonic generation of Nd:glass lasers and design of final optics assembly[J]. Collection Of theses on high power laser and plasma physics, 2016, 14(1): 4132

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    Received: Feb. 18, 2016

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    Published Online: Mar. 23, 2017

    The Author Email: JI LAILIN (jsycjll@siom.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/ao.55.004132

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