High power continuous-wave and graphene Q-switched operation of Er:YAG ceramic lasers at ~1.6 μm

Journal of the Optical Society of Korea

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-9

  Wang, Yong ^a,b   Chen, Hao ^a,b   Shen, Deyuan ^a   Zhang, Jian ^b   Tang, Dingyuan ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGSU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

1.6 m laser; Er:YAG; Graphene; Q switched operation; Transparent ceramic

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; EFFICIENCY; FIBER LASERS; PULSE REPETITION RATE; PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHING; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

1.6 ΜM LASER; CERAMIC LASERS; CONTINUOUS WAVE; ER: YAG; HIGH POWER; INCIDENT PUMP POWER; OUTPUT COUPLERS; Q-SWITCHED OPERATION; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; TRANSPARENT CERAMIC;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84876263794     PISSN: 12264776     EISSN: 20936885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3807/JOSK.2013.17.1.005     Document Type: Article

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