Amplified-spontaneous-emission effects in a passively Q-switched diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1479-1485

  Li, Zhi G ^a   Xiong, Zhengjun ^b   Moore, Nicholas ^b   Lim, Gnian C ^b   Huang, Wei L ^a   Huang, De X ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT EMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTONS; PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHED LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION EFFECT; PHOTON DENSITY; RATE EQUATION; THERMAL LENSING;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 10044236681     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.001479     Document Type: Article

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