Fe:ZnSe passive Q-switching of 2.8-μm Er:Cr:YSGG laser Cavity

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6451, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Gallian, Andrew ^a   Martinez, Alan ^a   Marine, Patrick ^a   Fedorov, Vladimir ^a   Mirov, Sergey ^a   Badikov, Valeri ^b   Boutoussov, Dmitri ^c   Andriasyan, Manvel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b KUBAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c BIOLASE Technology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Fe:ZnSe crystals; Passive Q switching of Cr:Er:YSGG; Saturable absorber

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYCRYSTALS; SWITCHING; THERMAL DIFFUSION; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

OUTPUT COUPLERS (OC); PUMP ENERGY; SATURABLE ABSORBERS;

LASER RESONATORS;

EID: 34248598839     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.701289     Document Type: Conference Paper

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