YAG laser end and side pumped by a laser diode

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 3971-3976

  Yuan, Gaoqiang ^a   Chong, Tow C ^a   Xu, Baoxi ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 0010733499     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.003971     Document Type: Article

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