Reduction of timing jitter in a Q-Switched Nd: YAG laser by direct bleaching of a Cr4+:YAG saturable absorber

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1766-1771

  Cole, Brian ^a   Goldberg, Lew ^a   Ward Trussell, C ^a   Hays, Alan ^a   Schilling, Bradley W ^a   McIntosh, Chris ^a  

^a NIGHT VISION AND ELECTRONIC SENSORS DIRECTORATE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; CLEANING; NEODYMIUM LASERS; Q SWITCHED LASERS; Q SWITCHING; TIMING CIRCUITS; TIMING JITTER;

OPTICAL TRIGGERING; PASSIVELY Q-SWITCHED LASERS; Q SWITCHED ND:YAG LASER; RUNNING OPERATION; SINGLE LASERS; STANDARD DEVIATION; STEADY-STATE OPERATION; THIN SHEET;

SATURABLE ABSORBERS;

EID: 59749103782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.001766     Document Type: Article

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