YAG:V3+ - New passive Q-switch for lasers generating radiation within near infrared range

Opto-Electronics Review

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-74

  Mierczyk, Z ^a   Frukacz, Z ^b  

^a MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b ukasiewicz Research Network Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics   (Poland)

Author keywords

Crystal growth; Giant pulse generation; Non linear absorption; Saturable absorber

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002383042     PISSN: 12303402     EISSN: 18963757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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