CW-Diode Pumped Nd:GdVO4-Laser Passively Q-switched with Cr4+:YAG as Saturable Absorber

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 438-440

  Klimov, I V ^a   Tsvetkov, V B ^a   Shcherbakov, I A ^a   Bartschke, J ^b   Boller, K J ^b   Wallenstein, R ^b  

^a PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Rare earth and transition metal solid state lasers

Indexed keywords

PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHED LASERS; Q SWITCHING; RARE EARTHS; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SOLID STATE LASERS; TRANSITION METALS; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

CR4+:YAG; DIODE-LASER-PUMPED; DIODE-PUMPED; ND:GDVO 4; OUTPUT PARAMETERS; PASSIVELY Q-SWITCHED; RARE-EARTH AND TRANSITION METAL SOLID-STATE LASERS; SATURABLE ABSORPTION; YAG; YAG CRYSTAL;

PULSE REPETITION RATE;

EID: 85135254966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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