Dye photodestruction in a solid-state dye laser with a polymeric gain medium

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 27, 1998, Pages 6449-6455

  Popov, Sergei ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

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EID: 0001370278     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.006449     Document Type: Article

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