Comparison of Nd:GdVO4 and Nd:YVO4 in a pulsed diode pumped passively mode-locked laser in a bounce geometry

Advanced Solid-State Photonics, ASSP 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kubecek, V ^a   Drahokoupil, M ^a   Zvonicek, K ^a   Stintz, A ^b   Diels, J C ^b  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIODE-PUMPED; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; ND:GDVO; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SLAB LASERS;

LOCKS (FASTENERS); PASSIVE MODE LOCKING; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES;

OPTICAL PUMPING;

EID: 84884316594     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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