Q-switched 935 nm Nd:CNGG laser

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1898-1903

  Qinan, Li ^a   Baohua, Feng ^a   Dongxiang, Zhang ^a   Zhiguo, Zhang ^a   Huaijin, Zhang ^b   Jiyang, Wang ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PULSE REPETITION RATE; Q SWITCHED LASERS; Q SWITCHING; SATURABLE ABSORBERS;

AVERAGE OUTPUT POWER; LASER-DIODE-PUMPED; ND:YAG CRYSTAL; PULSEWIDTHS; Q-SWITCHED PULSE; REPETITION RATE; SELECTIVE EXCITATIONS; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 65249126941     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.001898     Document Type: Article

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