Passive Q-switching characteristics of Yb3+:Gd 3Ga5O12 crystal

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 7708-7719

  Zhang, Xingyu ^a   Brenier, Alain ^b   Wang, Qingpu ^a   Wang, Zhengping ^a   Chang, Jun ^a   Li, Ping ^a   Zhang, Shaojun ^a   Ding, Shuanghong ^a   Li, Shutao ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REFLECTION; YTTERBIUM COMPOUNDS;

OPTICAL COMBINATIONS; RATE EQUATIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

CRYSTALS;

EID: 25144517370     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.007708     Document Type: Article

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