Efficient diode-pumped passively Q-switched laser with Nd:YAG/Cr:YAG composite crystal

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 137-141

  Miao, Jieguang ^a,b   Wang, Baoshan ^a,b   Peng, Jiying ^a,b   Tan, Huiming ^a   Bian, Huikun ^a,b  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Diffusion bonding; Diode pumped lasers; Q switching

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; CRYSTALS; DIFFUSION BONDING; LASER PULSES; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SWITCHING;

COMPOSITE CRYSTALS; LASER SOURCES; OPTICAL CONVERSION; PULSE REPETITION RATES;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 34548593424     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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