2 μm passive Q-switched mode-locked Tm 3+:YAP laser with single-walled carbon nanotube absorber

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 960-962

  Liu, Jie ^a   Wang, Yonggang ^b   Qu, Zunshi ^a   Fan, Xiuwei ^a  

^a SHANDONG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diode pump 2 m laser; Single walled carbon nanotube saturable absorber; Tm 3+:YAP crystal

Indexed keywords

MODE-LOCKED; MODE-LOCKED PULSE; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; OUTPUT POWER; PASSIVE Q-SWITCHED; PULSE GENERATION; PUMP POWER; Q-SWITCHED; Q-SWITCHED PULSE; REPETITION RATE; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SPECTRAL REGION;

CARBON; MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PULSE GENERATORS; PULSE REPETITION RATE; PUMPS; Q SWITCHING;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 84655167676     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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