Numerical study of passive Q switching of a tunable alexandrite laser with a Cr: Y2SiO5 solid-state saturable absorber

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1362-1368

  Kuo, Yen Kuang ^a   Chen, Horng Min ^a   Chang, Yuni ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; LASER TUNING; PHOTONS; Q SWITCHING; SOLID STATE LASERS;

TUNABLE LASERS;

Q SWITCHED LASERS;

EID: 0038164864     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.001362     Document Type: Article

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