Mode-locking of diode and flashlamp pumped Nd: YAG lasers using semiconductor saturable absorbers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5036, Issue , 2002, Pages 113-118

  Dombrovsky A ^a   Kubecek, V ^a   Zvonicek, K ^a   Diels, J C ^b   Stintz, A ^b  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Diode pumped solid state laser; Flashlamp pumping; Mode locking; Multiple quantum wells; Nd:YAG; Picosecond pulses; Saturable absorber

Indexed keywords

LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER RESONATORS; MIRRORS; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

FLASHLAMP PUMPING;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0242492007     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.498258     Document Type: Conference Paper

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