Passively Q-switched Nd:YVO4 laser with a Cr4+:YAG crystal saturable absorber

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2468-2472

  Bai, Yingxin ^a   Wu, Nianle ^a   Zhang, Jian ^a   Li, Jiaqiang ^a   Li, Shiqun ^a   Xu, Jun ^b   Deng, Peizhen ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

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EID: 0001443950     PISSN: 00036935     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.002468     Document Type: Article

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