Optimization of peak power of doubly Q-switched lasers with both an acousto-optic modulator and a Cr4+-doped saturable absorber

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 5767-5776

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

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG CELLS; LASER PULSES; PHOTONS; RESONATORS;

ACOUSTO-OPTIC (AO) Q SWITCH; GAUSSIAN SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; INTRACAVITY PHOTON DENSITY;

Q SWITCHED LASERS;

EID: 33749832283     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.005767     Document Type: Article

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