Cr4+:YAG Q-switching of Nd:host laser oscillators
- 14 June 1994
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
- Vol. 27 (6) , 1118-1120
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/27/6/006
Abstract
Q-switching of Nd:YAG, Nd:YAlO3, Nd:KGW laser oscillators with a Cr4+:YAG as saturable absorber is reported. Transverse mode polarized light pulses with energies of 50 mJ and repetition rates 10 Hz are obtained.Keywords
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