Passively Q-switched 1.57-μm intracavity optical parametric oscillator

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2554-2559

  Yashkir, Yuri ^a   Driel, Henry M Van ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 0012060909     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.002554     Document Type: Article

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