5-GHz repetition-rate dual-wavelength pulse-train generation from an intracavity frequency-modulated Er-Yb:glass laser

Optics Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 1547-1549

  Longhi, S ^a   Sorbello, G ^a   Taccheo, S ^a   Laporta, P ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

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EID: 0000104872     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.23.001547     Document Type: Article

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