Continuous-wave and Q-switched operation of a compact, diode-pumped Yb 3+:KY(WO4)2 planar waveguide laser

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1666-1670

  Bain, F M ^a   Lagatsky, A A ^a   Kurilchick, S V ^b   Kisel, V E ^b   Guretsky, S A ^c   Luginets, A M ^c   Kalanda, N A ^c   Kolesova, I M ^c   Kuleshov, N V ^b   Sibbett, W ^a   Brown, C T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b BELARUSIAN NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE AND SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS   (Belarus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANAR WAVEGUIDES; PULSE REPETITION RATE; Q SWITCHING; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR SATURABLE ABSORBER MIRRORS; WAVEGUIDES; YTTERBIUM;

CAVITY CONFIGURATION; CONTINUOUS WAVE; CONTINUOUS WAVE OPERATION; OUTPUT POWER; PLANAR WAVEGUIDE LASERS; PULSE ENERGIES; Q-SWITCHED OPERATION; REPETITION RATE;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 59749097402     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.001666     Document Type: Article

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