Neodymium:YLF lasers at 1053 nm passively mode locked with a saturable bragg reflector

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 459-463

  Roth, Ulrich ^a   Balmer, Jürg E ^a  

^a Institute for Applied Physics   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG CELLS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; LASER RESONATORS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PULSE AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

MASTER-OSCILLATOR POWER AMPLIFIERS (MOPA); SATURABLE BRAGG REFLECTORS (SBR);

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0037137805     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.000459     Document Type: Article

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