Solid state polymer dye Q-switch for Cr:LiCAF, alexandrite, and ruby lasers

Electronics Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 2146-2148

  Kuo, Y K ^a   Lee, S ^a   Unlu, F ^a   Huang, Man Fang ^a   Birnbaum, M ^a   Fuqua, P D ^b   Dunn, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical polymers; Q switching

Indexed keywords

DYE LASERS; LASER APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; Q SWITCHING; SILICATES; SOLID STATE LASERS;

ALEXANDRITE LASERS; HEXAMETHYLINDOTRICARBOCYANINE IODIDE (HITCI); OPTICAL POLYMERS; ORGANICALLY MODIFIED SILICATE (ORMOSIL); RUBY LASERS;

Q SWITCHED LASERS;

EID: 0030574164     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19961442     Document Type: Article

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