Experimental determination of fractional thermal loading in an operating diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 minilaser at 1064 nm

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 3253-3257

  Sennaroglu, Alphan ^a  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 0000054530     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.003253     Document Type: Article

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