Thermal tuning of laser pulse parameters in passively Q-switched Nd:YAG lasers

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 4262-4266

  Kimmelma, Ossi ^a   Tittonen, Ilkka ^a   Buchter, Scott C ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b Jorvas Hitech Center   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

Q SWITCHING;

LASER CRYSTALS; MECHANICAL ADJUSTMENT; OUTPUT PULSE; PASSIVELY Q-SWITCHED; PULSE ENERGIES; PULSE PARAMETER; TEMPERATURE RISE; THERMAL TUNING;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 54949142570     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.004262     Document Type: Article

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