Kilohertz pulse repetition frequency slab Ti:sapphire lasers with high average power (10 W)

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 33, 1999, Pages 6904-6911

  Wadsworth, William J ^a,b   Coutts, David W ^a   Webb, Colin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0005856823     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.006904     Document Type: Article

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