Comparison of ion exchange and cw CO2 laser treatment of Nd-doped phosphate laser glass

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 4954-4957

  Gong, Hui ^a   Li, Chengfu ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

Ion exchange treatment; Laser conditioning; Laser induced damage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001959564     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.004954     Document Type: Article

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