High repetition rate laser pulses amplified by Nd/Cr:YAG ceramic amplifier under CW arc-lamp-light pumping

Optics Communications

Volumn 282, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2556-2559

  Saiki, T ^a   Motokoshi, S ^a   Imasaki, K ^a   Fujioka, K ^b   Yoshida, H ^b   Fujita, H ^b   Nakatsuka, M ^a,b   Yamanaka, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR LASER TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ceramic lasers; Cr co doping; CW lamp light pumping; High repetition rate

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MIRRORS; CERAMIC LASERS; CR CO-DOPING; CW-LAMP-LIGHT PUMPING; EXTRACTION EFFICIENCIES; GAIN COEFFICIENTS; HIGH REPETITION RATE; HIGH REPETITION RATE LASERS; LASER GAINS; LASER MATERIALS; LASER POWER; ND: YAG; OPTICAL-OPTICAL CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PUMPING POWER DENSITIES; Q SWITCHES; REPETITIVE RATES;

AMPLIFICATION; CAVITY RESONATORS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CHROMIUM; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EXTRACTION; LASER PULSES; MIRRORS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; PUMPS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 65549099297     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2009.03.022     Document Type: Article

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