Subnanosecond (Er,Yb) glass Q-switched microlasers: 3-D transient modeling and experiments

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1128-1136

  Chinn, Stephen R ^a   King, Vernon ^a  

^a NIGHT VISION AND ELECTRONIC SENSORS DIRECTORATE   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite difference methods; Laser resonators; Optical pulses; Rare earth compounds; Solid lasers

Indexed keywords

CAVITY LENGTH; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EYE-SAFE; INPUT PARAMETER; LASER GLASS; MICRO LASER; OPTICAL PULSE; OPTICAL PULSES; Q-SWITCHED; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SOLID LASER; SOLID LASERS; SUB-NANOSECOND PULSE; SUBNANOSECOND; TRANSIENT MODEL; TRANSIENT MODELING;

ERBIUM; GLASS; LASER PULSES; LASER RESONATORS; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; Q SWITCHING; RARE EARTHS; RESONATORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; YTTERBIUM;

GLASS LASERS;

EID: 77949430766     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2006.883470     Document Type: Article

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