Title :
High gain laser performance in alexandrite
Author :
Walling, John C. ; Peterson, Otis G.
Author_Institution :
Corporate Research Center, Allied Chemical Corporation, Morristown, NJ, USA
fDate :
2/1/1980 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Half-joule

-switched pulses of 20 ns duration have been obtained from an alexandrite laser operating on the high-gain

-line. Unique tandem pulsing, involving both a fixed and a tunable frequency pulse, is also observed.
Keywords :
Q-switched lasers; Solid lasers; Visible lasers; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Mirrors; Neodymium; Optical pulses; Performance gain; Polarization; Spectroscopy; Tunable circuits and devices;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1980.1070440