Diode-pumped neodymium lasers repetitively Q-switched by Cr4+:YAG solid-state saturable absorbers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-52

  Agnesi, A ^a   Dell'Acqua, S ^a   Morello, C ^a   Piccinno, G ^a   Reali, G C ^a   Sun, Zhaoyang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b Casix Inc   (China)

Author keywords

Q switched lasers; Solid lasers

Indexed keywords

PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHED LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SOLID STATE LASERS;

DIODE PUMPED NEODYMIUM LASERS; OUTPUT COUPLER; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SECOND HARMONIC CONVERSION;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0031072721     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.585813     Document Type: Article

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