Investigations on the slope efficiency of a pulsed 2.3-μm Er3+:LiYF4 laser

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 974-978

  Pollnau, M ^a,b   Spring, R ^a   Wittwer, S ^a   Luthy W ^a   Weber, H P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031517958     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.000974     Document Type: Article

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