Repetitive Q-switching of a CW Nd : YAG laser using Cr4+ : YAG saturable absorbers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 305-310

  Shimony, Y ^a   Burshtein, Z ^a   Ben Amar Baranga, A ^a   Kalisky, Y ^a   Strauss, M ^a  

^a NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DENSITY (OPTICAL); NEODYMIUM LASERS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHED LASERS;

FULL WIDTH AT HALF MAXIMUM (FWHM); REPETITION RATES; REPETITIVE Q SWITCHING; SATURABLE ABSORBERS;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

EID: 0030086303     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.481878     Document Type: Article

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