Novel active Q-switched fiber laser based on electrostatically actuated micro-mirror system

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3917-3922

  Sabourdy, David ^a   Bouyge, David ^a   Crunteanu, Aurelian ^a   Blondy, Pierre ^a   Couderc, Vincent ^a   Lhermite, Jérôme ^a   Kermène, Vincent ^a   Desfarges Berthelemot, Agnès ^a   Grossard, Ludovic ^a   Barthélémy, Alain ^a   Somekh, Matthieu ^b   Pureur, David ^b  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b Highwave Optical Technologies   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATORS; FIBER LASERS; LASER RESONATORS; MIRRORS; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; Q SWITCHING; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ACTIVE Q-SWITCHING; ERBIUM-YTTERBIUM; HIGH PEAK POWER; HIGHLY REFLECTIVE; LASER SYSTEMS; MICRO MIRROR; Q-SWITCHED FIBER LASERS; SHAPE CHANGE;

LASER MIRRORS;

EID: 33846182056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.003917     Document Type: Article

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