Single-frequency diode-pumped ND:YAG prism laser with use of a composite laser crystal

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 27, 1997, Pages 6780-6787

  Pedersen, Christian ^a   Hansen, Peter Lichtenberg ^a   Buchhave, Preben ^a   Skettrup, Torben ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diode pumped lasers; Single frequency laser; Spatial hole burning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008790130     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.006780     Document Type: Article

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