Efficient acousto-optic Q switching of Er: YSGG lasers at 2.79-μm wavelength

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 3053-3059

  Maak, Pal ^a   Jakab, Laszlo ^a   Richter, Peter ^a   Eichler, Hans J ^b   Liu, Baining ^b  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTOOPTICAL EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; LIGHT REFLECTION; MIRRORS; Q SWITCHING;

ACOUSTO-OPTIC DIFFRACTION;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0038786593     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.003053     Document Type: Article

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