Tunable Picosecond Pulse Generation by an N2 Laser Pumped Self Q-Switched Distributed Feedback Dye Laser

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1980, Pages 517-524

  Bdr, Zsolt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASERS, DYE;

EID: 0019018676     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.1980.1070516     Document Type: Article

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