Improvement of the self-Q-switching behavior of a Cr:LiSrAlF6 laser by use of binary diffractive optics

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 26, 2004, Pages 5047-5059

  Passilly, Nicolas ^a   Fromager, Michael ^a   Aït Ameur, Kamel ^a  

^a Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche Ions Lasers   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; IONS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT MODULATORS; Q SWITCHED LASERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

COUPLING; LASER CAVITY; LASER TRANSITION; LENSING EFFECT;

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 4944255906     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.005047     Document Type: Article

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