Investigation of a diode-pumped double passively Q-switched Nd:GdVO 4 laser with a Cr4+:YAG saturable absorber and a GaAs coupler

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-163

  Li, Guiqiu ^a   Zhao, Shengzhi ^a   Yang, Kejian ^a   Li, Dechun ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diode pumped; Double passively Q switched; Numerical Solutions; Rate equations; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; NEODYMIUM; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

DIODE-PUMPED; DOUBLE PASSIVELY Q-SWITCHED; NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; RATE EQUATIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 31044451387     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/8/2/008     Document Type: Article

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