Design and performance of a multiterawatt, subpicosecond neodymium: Glass laser

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 1991, Pages 2384-2391

  Patterson, F G ^a   Perry, M D ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0002296540     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.8.002384     Document Type: Article

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