Subnanosecond diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:GdVO4 laser with peak power >1 MW

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Agnesi, Antonio ^a   Pirzio, Federico ^a   Reali, Giancarlo ^a   Piccinno, Giuliano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b Bright Solutions Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; LASER PULSES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHED LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES;

DIFFRACTION-LIMITED BEAM QUALITY; PEAK POWERS; SUBNANOSECONDS; TIME DURATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 33748498716     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2348741     Document Type: Article

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