Continuous-wave operation and Q-switched mode locking of Cr^4+:YAG microchip lasers
- 15 June 2001
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 26 (12) , 941-943
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.26.000941
Abstract
Cw-operation, gain-switched, and passively -switched mode locking of microchip lasers with output powers of several hundred milliwatts is demonstrated experimentally in the eye-safe region near . Requirements for cw mode locking of such lasers are investigated by numerical simulations.
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