Diode-pumped Nd:S-VAP lasers passively Q-switched with Cr4+:YAG saturable absorber

Optics Communications

Volumn 169, Issue 1-6, 1999, Pages 109-113

  Shen, Deyuan ^a,b   Li, Cheng ^a   Song, Jie ^a   Kobayashi, Takao ^b   Ueda, Kenichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cr4+:YAG; Diode pumped; Nd:S VAP; Passively Q switched

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; Q SWITCHED LASERS;

SATURABLE ABSORBERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0033204938     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(99)00383-1     Document Type: Article

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