Stokes pulse energy of Q-switched lasers with intracavity Raman conversion

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2450-2458

  Loiko, Yurii V ^a   Demidovich, Alexander A ^a   Burakevich, Vladimir V ^a   Voitovich, Alexander P ^a  

^a B I STEPANOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Belarus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT REFLECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIRRORS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTONS;

CAVITY-MIRROR REFLECTIVITY; LASER MODEL; PHOTON-NUMBER DENSITY; STOKES PULSE ENERGY OPTIMIZATION;

Q SWITCHED LASERS;

EID: 28044442968     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.002450     Document Type: Article

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