Passively Q-switched microchip laser at 1.5 μm

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1805-1812

  Hasring R ^a   Paschotta, R ^a   Fluck, R ^a,b   Gini, E ^a   Melchior, H ^a   Keller, U ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; MIRRORS; Q SWITCHED LASERS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

MICROCHIP LASER;

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 0141748481     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/josab.18.001805     Document Type: Article

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