Stable, high-power, single-frequency generation at 532 nm from a diode-bar-pumped Nd:YAG ring laser with an intracavity LBO frequency doubler

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 4149-4152

  Martin, Kevin I ^a   Clarkson, W Andrew ^a   Hanna, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0003782631     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.004149     Document Type: Article

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