Frequency-stabilized high-power ruby laser Q switched by Rb2 vapor

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 3207-3209

  Sarkisyan, D H ^a   Papoyan, A V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICAL RESEARCH   (Armenia)

Author keywords

Laser diode pumped; Nd:KGW; Solid state lasers; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012110267     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.003207     Document Type: Article

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