High-energy LDA side-pumped electro-optical Q-switched Nd: YAG ceramic laser

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1042-1045

  Qi, Yunfeng ^a   Zhu, Xiaolei ^a   Lou, Qihong ^a   Ji, Jianghua ^a   Dong, Jingxing ^a   Wei, Runrong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; LASER PULSES; Q SWITCHED LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

CERAMIC LASER; LASER SYSTEM; LASER-DIODE-ARRAY PUMPING; SINGLE-CRYSTAL LASERS;

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 34250719245     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.001042     Document Type: Article

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