Hot-pressed ceramic Cr2+:ZnSe gain-switched laser

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 11694-11701

  Gallian, A ^a   Fedorov, V V ^a   Mirov, S B ^a   Badikov, V V ^b   Galkin, S N ^c   Voronkin, E F ^c   Lalayants, A I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b KUBAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE FOR SCINTILLATION MATERIALS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; HOT PRESSING; LASER APPLICATIONS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

GAIN SWITCHED LASER; MID IR LASER APPLICATIONS; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES;

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 34250774673     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.011694     Document Type: Article

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