Pulse-width reduction in a diode-pumped doubly Q-switched YVO 4/Nd:YVO4 laser with electro-optic modulator and GaAs saturable absorber

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1146-1150

  Li, Tao ^a   Zhao, Shengzhi ^a   Zhuo, Zhuang ^a   Yang, Kejian ^a   Li, Guiqiu ^a   Li, Dechun ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM ARSENIDE; MODULATORS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHED LASERS; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM;

DOUBLY Q SWITCHED LASER; ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATORS; GAAS SATURABLE ABSORBER; INCIDENT PUMP POWER; OUTPUT PULSE; PULSE WIDTH REDUCTION; RATE-EQUATION MODELS; TEMPORAL SYMMETRY;

Q SWITCHING;

EID: 67649283069     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.001146     Document Type: Article

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