Quantitative study of laser beam propagation in a thermally loaded absorber

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 356-363

  Sennaroglu, Alphan ^a   Askar, Attila ^a   Atay, Fatihcan M ^a  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 0006625090     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.000356     Document Type: Article

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