Configuration Q-switching in a diode-pumped multirod variable-configuration resonator

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 366-371

  MacDonald, Michael P ^a,b   Graf, Thomas ^a   Balmer, Jürg E ^a,c,d,e,f   Weber, Heinz P ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Swiss Federal Society   (Switzerland)

^f European Physical Society   (Finland)

^g IEEE

Author keywords

Fabry Perot resonators; Laser resonators; Laser stability; Neodymium:YAG lasers; Q switched lasers; Ring lasers

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHED LASERS; Q SWITCHING; RING LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

FABRY PEROT RESONATORS; VARIABLE CONFIGURATION MULTIROD RESONATORS (VCR);

LASER RESONATORS;

EID: 0031996505     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.658736     Document Type: Article

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