CW mode locked Nd:YVO4 laser pumped by 20-W laser diode bar

Opto-Electronics Review

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-139

  Jabczynski J K ^a   Zendzian, W ^a   Kwiatkowski, J ^a  

^a MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Diode pumped lasers; Mode locking; SESAM

Indexed keywords

DIODES; LASER MIRRORS; MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PULSE REPETITION RATE; RESONATORS;

CURVATURE RADII; DIODE PUMPED LASERS; LASER DIODE BARS; MAXIMUM PUMP POWER; SATURATION FLUENCE; SESAM; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; THRESHOLD ENERGY DENSITY;

LASER MODE LOCKING;

EID: 33745756124     PISSN: 12303402     EISSN: 18963757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11772-006-0017-x     Document Type: Article

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