Comparison of resonator-originated and external beam shaping

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 980-986

  Zeitner, Uwe D ^a   Aagedal, Harald ^a   Wyrowski, Frank ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

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EID: 0001509159     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.000980     Document Type: Article

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