Study of diode-laser pumped self-Q-switched intracavity-doubled laser of Cr4+Nd3+: YAG plus KNbO3 material

Optical Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1350-1354

  Chen, Xiao Bo ^a   Wang, Ling ^a   Zhu, Jane G ^a   Lv, Lan Bin ^b   Zhang, Zhi Guo ^b   Yang, Guo Zhen ^b   Du, Wei Min ^c   Zhang, Dao Zhong ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SOLID STATE LASERS;

INTEGRATED LASER; INTRACAVITY DOUBLED LASER; POTASSIUM NIOBATE; SELF Q SWITCHING;

Q SWITCHED LASERS;

EID: 3342966122     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1646183     Document Type: Article

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