Oscillation spectra and dynamic effects in a highly-doped microchip Nd:YAG ceramic laser

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2293-2302

  Kawai, Ryoji ^a   Miyasaka, Yoshihiko ^a   Otsuka, Kenju ^a   Ohtomo, Takayuki ^a   Narita, Tatsuro ^a   Ko, Jing Yuan ^b   Shoji, Ichiro ^c   Taira, Takunori ^c  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT MODULATION; OSCILLATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

HIGH-SPEED INTENSITY MODULATIONS; INHOMOGENEOUS MEDIA;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 2942739358     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.002293     Document Type: Article

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