Actively-controllable passively Q-switched laser

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5627, Issue , 2005, Pages 199-208

  Yin, Xiaodong ^a   Yang, Chengwei ^a   Zhao, Dalong ^a   Liu, Wuqun ^a   Huo, Yujing ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Controllable; Cr 4+:YAG; Passively Q switched; Pulsed laser; Saturable absorber

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; RESONATORS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

CONTROLLABLE; CR4+:YAG; PASSIVELY Q-SWITCHED; SATURABLE ABSORBER;

Q SWITCHED LASERS;

EID: 18944396071     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.574984     Document Type: Conference Paper

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