Composite, all-ceramics, high-peak power Nd:YAG/Cr4+:YAG monolithic micro-laser with multiple-beam output for engine ignition

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 9378-9384

  Pave, Nicolaie ^a,b   Tsunekane, Masaki ^a   Taira, Takunori ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LASER   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; NEODYMIUM; OPTICAL PUMPING; PUMPS;

ACTIVE LASER SOURCES; AIR BREAKDOWN; HIGH PEAK POWER; LASER-PULSE ENERGY; MULTIPLE BEAM; PASSIVELY Q-SWITCHED; PEAK POWER; PULSE TIMING; PUMP ENERGIES; PUMP PULSE ENERGY; REPETITION RATE;

PULSE REPETITION RATE;

EID: 79955832180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.009378     Document Type: Article

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