Passively Q-switched Nd:YAG ceramic microchip laser with azimuthally polarized output

Laser Physics Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 711-714

  Li, J L ^a,b   Lin, D ^a   Zhong, L X ^b,c   Ueda, K ^b   Shirakawa, A ^b   Musha, M ^b   Chen, W B ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^c NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Azimuthally polarized; Microchip laser; Passively Q switched; Polarization grating

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349499468     PISSN: 16122011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lapl.200910068     Document Type: Article

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