Passive Q-switching of the diode pumped Tm3+:KLu(WO4)2 laser near 2-μm with Cr2+:ZnS saturable absorbers

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages A3394-A3400

  Segura, Martha ^a   Kadankov, Martin ^b,c   Mateos, Xavier ^a   Pujol, Maria Cinta ^a   Carvajal, Joan Josep ^a   Aguiló, Magdalena ^a   Díaz, Francesc ^a   Griebner, Uwe ^b   Petrov, Valentin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

Q SWITCHING; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; ZINC SULFIDE;

AVERAGE POWER; DIODE-PUMPED; PASSIVE Q-SWITCHING; PASSIVELY Q-SWITCHED; PEAK POWER; POLYCRYSTALLINE; PULSE DURATIONS; SINGLE PULSE ENERGY;

OPTICAL PUMPING;

EID: 84857275745     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.003394     Document Type: Article

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