Energy scaling of nanosecond gain-switched Cr2+:ZnSe lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7912, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Fedorov, V V ^a,b   Moskalev, I S ^b   Mirov, M S ^b   Mirov, S B ^a,b   Wagner, T J ^c   Bohn, M J ^c   Berry, P A ^d   Schepler, K L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b IPG Photonics   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromium; Gain switched; Infrared laser; Solid state lasers

Indexed keywords

BREWSTER CUT; CHROMIUM CONCENTRATION; CR : ZNSE; ENERGY SCALING; GAIN ELEMENTS; GAIN-SWITCHED; INPUT-OUTPUT DATA; MAXIMUM OUTPUT; ND : YAG LASERS; OUTPUT ENERGY; Q-SWITCHED; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; YAG; ZNSE LASERS;

CHROMIUM; HOLMIUM; INFRARED DEVICES; LASERS; NEODYMIUM; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); PUMPS; SOLID STATE DEVICES; SOLID STATE LASERS;

INFRARED LASERS;

EID: 79954503131     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.876700     Document Type: Conference Paper

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