A simple highly stable and temporally synchronizable Nd:glass laser oscillator delivering laser pulses of variable pulse duration from sub-nanosecond to few nanoseconds

Optics Communications

Volumn 272, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 455-460

  Sharma, A K ^a   Joshi, R A ^a   Patidar, R K ^a   Naik, P A ^a   Gupta, P D ^a  

^a RAJA RAMANNA CENTRE FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Parametric amplification; Stable amplification; Sub nanosecond synchronization; Sub nanosecond laser pulses

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LAMPS; LASER PULSES; NEODYMIUM; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PUMPING (LASER); SWITCHING;

PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION; STABLE AMPLIFICATION; SUB NANOSECOND SYNCHRONIZATION; SUB-NANOSECOND LASER PULSES;

GLASS;

EID: 33847148900     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2006.11.063     Document Type: Article

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