Saturable absorbers for passive Q-switching of erbium lasers emitting in the region of 3 μm

Journal of Applied Spectroscopy

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 818-823

  Kisel, V E ^a   Shcherbitskii, V G ^a   Kuleshov, N V ^a   Postnova, L I ^b   Levchenko, V I ^b  

^a BELARUSIAN NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS   (Belarus)

Author keywords

3 m spectral region; Absorption cross section; Absorption saturation; Passive laser Q switch; Q switching; Single crystals of Fe:ZnSe, Co:ZnSe, and Co:ZnS

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646484502     PISSN: 00219037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10812-006-0009-0     Document Type: Article

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