Cr2+:Cd0.55Mn0.45Te crystal as a new saturable absorber for 2 μm lasers

Optics Communications

Volumn 192, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 65-68

  Podlipensky, A V ^a   Shcherbitsky, V G ^a   Demchuk, M I ^a   Kuleshov, N V ^a   Levchenko, V I ^b   Yakimovich, V N ^b   Girard, S ^c   Moncorge R ^c  

^a BELARUSIAN NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE AND SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS   (Belarus)

^c Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche Ions Lasers   (France)

Author keywords

2 m lasers; Chromium doped CdMnTe crystals; Passive Q switching; Saturable absorber

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; GROUND STATE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SOLID STATE LASERS;

PASSIVE Q-SWITCHING LASERS; SATURABLE ABSORBERS;

Q SWITCHED LASERS;

EID: 0035873666     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(01)01025-2     Document Type: Article

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