Dynamic correction of thermal focusing in Nd:YAGconfocal unstable resonators by use of a variable radius mirror

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 30, 1998, Pages 7044-7048

  Moshe, Inon ^a   Jackel, Steven ^a   Lallouz, Raphael ^a  

^a SOREQ NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Israel)

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EID: 0001269391     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.007044     Document Type: Article

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