Dynamics of a flashlamp pumped 2.70 μm emission Cr:Er:YSGG laser with an infrared-quartz FTIR shutter

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2123-2129

  Park, Young Ho ^a   Lee, Dong Won ^a   Kong, Hong Jin ^a   Kim, Yeong Sik ^b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Dankook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ERBIUM; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHING; QUARTZ; RESONATORS;

EMISSION WAVELENGTH; ER:YSGG LASER; MAXIMUM OUTPUT; Q-SWITCHED PULSE; SINGLE PULSE ENERGY; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; THEORETICAL MODELING; THEORETICAL SIMULATION;

LASER MIRRORS;

EID: 59949090525     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.002123     Document Type: Article

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