Efficient and tunable continuous-wave diode-pumped Yb3+:Ca4GdO(BO3)3 laser

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 976-979

  Augé, Frederika ^a   Bale, François ^a   Georges, Patrick ^a   Brun, Alain ^a   Mougel, Frédéric ^b,c   Aka, Gérard ^b   Kahn Harari, Andrée ^b   Vivien, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c NONE   (France)

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EID: 0001350163     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.000976     Document Type: Article

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