Nanostructured glass-crystal materials with lead sulfide for passive Q switching of IR lasers

Journal of Optical Technology (A Translation of Opticheskii Zhurnal)

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 576-583

  Onushchenko, A A ^a   Zhilin, A A ^a   Petrovskii G T ^a   Raaben, E L ^a   Gaponenko, M S ^b   Malyarevich, A M ^b   Yumashev, K V ^b   Golubkov, V V ^c  

^a ITMO UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b BELARUSIAN NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

^c GREBENSHCHIKOV INSTITUTE OF SILICATE CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT TREATMENT; LEAD COMPOUNDS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

GLASS-CRYSTAL MATERIALS; LEAD SULFIDE;

Q SWITCHED LASERS;

EID: 33846888088     PISSN: 10709762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOT.73.000576     Document Type: Article

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