Increasing output energy from a passively Q-switched Englass laser

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 30, 2007, Pages 7426-7431

  Rabinovici, Ronen ^a   Ishaaya, Amiel A ^a   Peer, Idit ^a   Shimshi, Liran ^a   Davidson, Nir ^a   Friesem, Asher A ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

BINARY PHASE ELEMENTS; PEAK ENERGY DENSITY;

LASER RADIATION;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INFRARED RAYS; LASERS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICS;

EID: 37549009109     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.007426     Document Type: Article

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