Compact picosecond mode-locked and cavity-dumped Nd:YVO4 laser

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 23098-23103

  Wegner, U ^a   Meier, J ^a   Lederer, M J ^a  

^a High Q Laser Innovation GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER MODE LOCKING; LOCKS (FASTENERS); PULSE REPETITION RATE; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR SATURABLE ABSORBER MIRRORS;

AVERAGE POWER; CAVITY DUMPING; COMPACT SOURCES; COMPLEX SCHEMES; MATERIALS PROCESSING; PULSE ENERGIES; REGENERATIVE AMPLIFIER; RESONATOR OSCILLATOR;

LASER MATERIALS PROCESSING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; SOLID STATE LASER;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MINIATURIZATION;

EID: 72049103455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.023098     Document Type: Article

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