Q-switched 2-μm lasers by use of a Cr2+:ZnSe saturable absorber

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 36, 2001, Pages 6633-6637

  Tsai, Tzong Yow ^a   Birnbaum, Milton ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Center for Laser Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; POSITIVE IONS; ZINC;

SATURABLE ABSORBERS;

Q SWITCHED LASERS;

EID: 0037812244     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.006633     Document Type: Article

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