Intensity-noise dependence of Nd:YAG lasers on their diode-laser pump source

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2936-2945

  Harb, Charles C ^a   Ralph, Timothy C ^a   Huntington, Elanor H ^a   McClelland, David E ^a   Bachor, Hans A ^a   Freitag, Ingo ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

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EID: 0031482204     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.002936     Document Type: Article

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