Passively Q-switched self-frequency-doubled Nd3+:GdCa 4O(BO3)3 laser

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 770-779

  Zhang, Xingyu ^a   Zhao, Shengzhi ^a   Wang, Qingpu ^a   Zhang, Shujun ^b   Sun, Lianke ^b   Liu, Xunmin ^b   Zhang, Shaojun ^b   Chen, Huanchu ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b State Key Lab of Crystal Materials   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHOTONS; Q SWITCHING; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SELF-FREQUENCY-DOUBLING (SFD);

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0035644656     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.000770     Document Type: Article

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