Unstable Cr:LiSAF laser resonator with a variable reflectivity output coupler

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 3272-3275

  Pinto, Joseph F ^a   Esterowitz, Leon ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0001302446     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.003272     Document Type: Article

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