Co2+:LaMgAl11O19 saturable absorber Q-switch for a flash lamp pumped 1.54 μm Er:glass laser

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3195-3200

  Qi, Huanjun ^a   Hou, Xueyuan ^a   Li, Yufei ^a   Sun, Yuming ^a   Zhang, Huaijin ^a   Wang, Jiyang ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; FLASHLIGHTS; GLASS; LASER APPLICATIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL PUMPING;

ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SINGLE-PULSE ENERGY; SLOPE EFFICIENCY; STATIC OUTPUT;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 33947422044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.003195     Document Type: Article

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