Laser-diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd3+:NaY(WO 4)2 laser with GaAs saturable absorber

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 187-191

  Zhao, Shengzhi ^a   Chen, Lei ^a   Zhao, Hongming ^a   Li, Guiqiu ^a   Zhang, Lu ^a   Yang, Kejian ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

GaAs saturable absorber; LD pump; Nd:NYW crystal; Passive Q switch

Indexed keywords

DYES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

GAAS SATURABLE ABSORBER; LD-PUMP; ND:NYW CRYSTALS; PASSIVE Q-SWITCH;

Q SWITCHED LASERS;

EID: 10844262403     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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