A planar waveguide Nd:YAG laser using active Q-switching of a hybrid unstable resonator

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 638-645

  Xu, Jianqiu ^b,c   Thomson, Ian J ^a,b   Valera, Jesus D R ^b   Baker, Howard J ^b   Russell, Adam B ^b   Hall, Denis R ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Acoustooptic modulator; Neodymium:YAG; Planar waveguide laser; Q switching; Unstable resonator

Indexed keywords

HIGH-SPEED SWITCHING; PLANAR WAVEGUIDE LASERS; PULSE DURATION; PULSE RATES;

BEAM QUALITY; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; LASER RESONATORS; PLANAR WAVEGUIDES; Q SWITCHING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

BRAGG CELLS;

EID: 34250739455     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.897183     Document Type: Article

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