Timing jitter reduction and single-frequency operation in an acousto-optic Q-switched Cr,Nd:YAG laser

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 33, 2006, Pages 8477-8483

  Wang, Xuejun ^a,b   Xu, Zuyan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTOOPTICAL DEVICES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); TIMING JITTER;

LINEWIDTH; PUMP POWER; TIMING JITTER REDUCTION; WAVELENGTH;

Q SWITCHED LASERS;

EID: 33847024385     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.008477     Document Type: Article

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