High-efficiency, continuous-wave Raman lasers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 717-721

  Repasky, Kevin S ^a   Meng, Lei ^a   Brasseur, Jason K ^a   Carlsten, John L ^a   Swanson, Rand C ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AdvR   (United States)

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EID: 0033421179     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.000717     Document Type: Article

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