Demonstration of a second-harmonic powder laser

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2854-2860

  Noginov, M A ^a   Egarievwe, S U ^b   Noginova, N ^a   Wang, J C ^b   Caulfield, H J ^c  

^a NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FISK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032274932     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.002854     Document Type: Article

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