Nd:KGW Laser under Flashlamp-pumping at Repetition Rate up to 50 Hz and Average Power of 70 W (free-lasing and Q-switched mode)

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Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 300-306

  Musset, O ^a   Boquillon, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Infrared lasers; Laser materials; Rare earth and transition metal solid state lasers

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHING; RARE EARTHS; SOLID STATE LASERS; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

AVERAGE POWER; FLASH LAMP; INFRARED-LASER; LASER MATERIALS; LASINGS; ND:KGW LASERS; Q-SWITCHED; RARE-EARTH AND TRANSITION METAL SOLID-STATE LASERS; REPETITION RATE; SWITCHED-MODE;

TRANSITION METALS;

EID: 0344044527     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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