Electro-optically Q-switched Er:YAG laser and its application

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5777, Issue PART I, 2005, Pages 384-389

  Koranda, Petr ^a   Němec, Michal ^a   Jelínkova, Helena ^a   Šulc, Jan ^a   Čech, Miroslav ^a   Shi, Yi Wei ^b   Matsuura, Yuji ^b   Miyagi, Mitsunobu ^b  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Er:YAG laser; Hollow waveguide; LiNbO3 Pockels cell; Q switching

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; ERBIUM; GLASS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER PULSES; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; OLEFINS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POLYMERS; Q SWITCHING; SOLID STATE LASERS; VOLTAGE CONTROL; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

ER:YAG LASER; HOLLOW WAVEGUIDE; LINBO3 POCKELS CELL; MID-INFRARED RADIATION;

Q SWITCHED LASERS;

EID: 26444535756     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.611042     Document Type: Conference Paper

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