Fluorescence feedback control of an active Q-switched diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 978-981

  Xie, Wenjie ^a   Lam, Yee Loy ^a   Chan, Yuen Chuen ^a   Tam, Siu Chung ^a   Gu, Jianhui ^a   Zhou, Feng ^a   Yang, Hongru ^a   Zhao, Gang ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 0000733606     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.000978     Document Type: Article

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