Q-switched operation of end-pumped Yb:YAG lasers with non-uniform temperature distribution

Optics Communications

Volumn 231, Issue 1-6, 2004, Pages 331-341

  Li, Chen ^a   Liu, Qiang ^a   Gong, Mali ^a   Chen, Gang ^a   Yan, Ping ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diode pumped laser; End pumped laser; Non uniform temperature; Q switch; Quasi three level; Yb:YAG

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIODES; DOPING (ADDITIVES); LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LASER RESONATORS; OPTIMIZATION; PUMPING (LASER); QUENCHING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMOANALYSIS;

DIODE-PUMPED LASERS; END-PUMPED LASERS; NON-UNIFORM TEMPERATURE; QUASI-THREE LEVELS; YB:YAG;

LASERS;

EID: 0942300324     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2003.11.069     Document Type: Article

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