Saturation of 1047- And 1064-nm absorption in Cr4+:YAG crystals

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 168-173

  Ridderbusch, Heiko ^a   Graf, Thomas ^b  

^a ROBERT BOSCH GMBH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lasers; Passive Q switching; Saturable absorbers

Indexed keywords

1064 NM; CONTINUOUS-WAVE RADIATION; COUPLED RATE EQUATIONS; CROSS SECTION; EXCITED STATE ABSORPTION; NANOSECOND PULSE; PASSIVE Q-SWITCHING; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SATURATION PROCESS; YAG; YAG CRYSTAL;

ABSORPTION; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CHROMIUM; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALS; EXCITED STATES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

Q SWITCHING;

EID: 44949102451     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2006.889055     Document Type: Article

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