Influence of reducing-oxidizing conditions on the optical properties of Co2+-doped magnesium aluminosilicate glass ceramics and their use as an effective saturable absorber Q switch

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 32, 2004, Pages 6011-6015

  Volk, Yuri V ^a   Malyarevich, Alexander M ^a   Yumashev, Konstantin V ^a   Dymshits, Olga S ^b   Shashkin, Alexander V ^b   Zhilin, Alexander A ^b   Kang, Uk ^c   Lee, Kyeong Hee ^c  

^a BELARUSIAN NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

^b VAVILOV STATE OPTICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; COBALT; DOPING (ADDITIVES); GLASS CERAMICS; LASER PULSES; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; Q SWITCHED LASERS; Q SWITCHING; REDOX REACTIONS;

MAGNESIUM ALUMINOSILICATE; NONLINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES; Q-SWITCHED PULSES; SATURABLE ABSORBERS (SA);

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 9144247787     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.006011     Document Type: Article

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