(Optica Publishing Group, 1997) Department of Physics; Department of Physics; Sennaroğlu, Alphan; Yılmaz, Mehmet Burak; Faculty Member; Undergraduate Student; Department of Physics; College of Sciences; College of Sciences; 23851; N/A
Theory of cw thermal loading in saturable absorbers with temperature-dependent lifetime is presented. Excellent agreement with experimental data is obtained with use of chromium-doped YAG saturable absorbers.