Compact, high peak power, passively Q-switched micro-laser for ignition of engines

2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO/QELS

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Tsunekane, Masaki ^a   Inohara, Takayuki ^b   Ando, Akihiro ^b   Kanehara, Kenji ^b   Taira, Takunori ^c  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON SOKEN INC   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; Q SWITCHING; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

ELECTRO-OPTICS; LASER SCIENCE; PASSIVELY Q -SWITCHED;

LASERS;

EID: 51349089280     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CLEO.2008.4550994     Document Type: Conference Paper

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