Repetitive Modulation and Passively Q-Switching of Diode-Pumped Nd-KGW Laser

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 282-289

  Kalisky, Y ^a   Kravchik, L ^a   Waichman, K ^b   Labbe, C ^a  

^a "Arava" Laser Laboratory   (Israel)

^b NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHED LASERS; Q SWITCHING; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SATURABLE ABSORBERS;

DIODE END-PUMPED; DIODE-PUMPED; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; MICROLASER; ND:KGW LASERS; PASSIVELY Q-SWITCHED; PASSIVELY Q-SWITCHING; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; YAG;

YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

EID: 9644254116     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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