Passively Q-switched Nd:YVO4 laser with greater than 11W average power

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 4577-4582

  Thomas, G M ^a   Damzen, M J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEODYMIUM; PULSE REPETITION RATE; Q SWITCHING;

1064 NM; AVERAGE POWER; OUTPUT POWER; PASSIVELY Q-SWITCHED; PEAK POWER; PULSE ENERGIES; REPETITION RATE; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; TEM; UPPER LIMITS; YAG;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; SOLID STATE LASER;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE;

EID: 79952123947     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.004577     Document Type: Article

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