Linearly polarized 100-W output from a diode-pumped Nd:YAlO laser

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 431-434

  Wu, Ruifen ^a   Phua, Poh Boon ^a   Lai, Kin Seng ^a  

^a DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

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EID: 0001522291     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.000431     Document Type: Article

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