Diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:Gdo.5yo.5VO 4 laser at 1.34μm with v3+:YAG as the saturable absorber

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 6946-6951

  Huang, Hai Tao ^a   Zhang, Bai Tao ^a   He, Jing Liang ^a   Yang, Jian Fei ^a   Xu, Jin Long ^a   Yang, Xiu Qin ^a   Zuo, Chun Hua ^a   Zhao, Shuang ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIODES; Q SWITCHED LASERS; Q SWITCHING; SATURABLE ABSORBERS;

AVERAGE OUTPUT POWER; MINIMUM PULSE WIDTHS; OPTICAL CONVERSION; PASSIVE Q-SWITCHING; PASSIVELY Q-SWITCHED; PULSE REPETITION FREQUENCIES; SINGLE PULSE ENERGY; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES;

PUMPING (LASER);

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID STATE LASER;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 66549094235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.006946     Document Type: Article

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