Actively Q-switched miniature Nd:YAG ring laser in single-frequency operation

Electronics Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 2246-2247

  Spiekermann, S ^a   Bode, M ^a   Fallnich, C ^a   Welling, H ^a   Freitag, I ^b  

^a LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

^b InnoLight GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL VARIABLES CONTROL; Q SWITCHED LASERS; RING LASERS;

SATURABLE ABSORBER; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION SWITCH;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0032206080     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19981521     Document Type: Article

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