Miniature, pulsed Ti:Sapphire laser system

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1449-1454

  Zayhowski, John J ^a   Wilson Jr , Alexander Sandy L ^a  

^a MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diode pumped lasers; Gain switched lasers; Laser amplifiers; Lasers; Microchip lasers; Pulsed lasers; Q switched lasers; Solid state lasers; Ti:Sapphire lasers

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; OPTICAL PUMPING; PERFORMANCE; Q SWITCHED LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

DIODE-PUMPED LASERS; GAIN-SWITCHED LASERS; MICROCHIP LASERS; TITANIUM SAPPHIRE LASER SYSTEM;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0036851269     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2002.804294     Document Type: Article

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