Practical aspects of optically coupled inversionless lasers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1249-1253

  Khurgin, Jacob B ^a   Rosencher, Emmanuel ^b  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b FCA UNESP   (Brazil)

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EID: 0031528876     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.001249     Document Type: Article

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