Low-threshold diode-pumped Yb3+,Na+:CaF2 self-Q-switched laser

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 5635-5640

  Su, Liangbi ^a   Xu, Jun ^a   Xue, Yinghong ^b   Wang, Chingyue ^b   Chai, Lu ^b   Xu, Xiaodong ^a   Zhao, Guangjun ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; POSITIVE IONS; PUMPING (LASER); SODIUM; SOLID STATE LASERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

LASER MATERIALS; LASERS, DIODE-PUMPED; LASERS, Q-SWITCHED; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

YTTERBIUM;

EID: 23744441976     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.005635     Document Type: Article

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