Continuous-wave and passively mode-locked operation of a cunyite (Cr4+:Ca2GeO4) laser

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 27, 2000, Pages 4975-4978

  Xu, Bing ^a   Evans, Jonathan M ^a   Petričević, Vladimir ^a   Guo, S P ^a   Maksimov, O ^a   Tamargo, Maria C ^a   Alfano, R R ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER TUNING; MIRRORS; PUMPING (LASER);

SATURABLE-ABSORBER MIRRORS;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

EID: 0013316420     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.004975     Document Type: Article

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