Passive Q-switching of a diode-pumped (Tm,Yb):KLu(WO4) 2laser near 2-μm with a Cr2+:ZnS saturable absorber

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8235, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Segura, Martha ^a   Mateos, Xavier ^a   Tyazhev, Aleksey ^b   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)

Author keywords

Cr doped ZnS; Q switching; Thulium lasers

Indexed keywords

Q SWITCHING; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SOLID STATE LASERS; YTTERBIUM; ZINC SULFIDE;

ACTIVE ELEMENTS; AVERAGE OUTPUT POWER; CR-DOPED; PASSIVE Q-SWITCHING; POLYCRYSTALLINE; PULSE DURATIONS; REPETITION RATE; THULIUM LASER;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 84883104273     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.907348     Document Type: Conference Paper

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