Performance of AO Q-switched Tm,Ho:GdVO4 laser pumped by a 794nm laser diode

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 5157-5162

  Yao, Bao Quan ^a   Wang, Yue Zhu ^a   Ju, You Lun ^a   He, Wan Jun ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTOOPTICAL EFFECTS; COOLING; LOW TEMPERATURE PHENOMENA; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NITROGEN; OPTICAL ENGINEERING; PUMPING (LASER); REMOTE SENSING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SOLID STATE LASERS; THULIUM ALLOYS;

CRYGENIC TEMPERATURE; LASERS, DIODE PUMPED; LASERS, Q-SWITCHED; LASERS, SOLID-STATE;

Q SWITCHED LASERS;

EID: 22744435038     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.005157     Document Type: Article

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