Thermooptical properties of transversely pumped composite YAG rods with a Nd-doped core

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 220-227

  Lucianetti, A ^a   Graf, Th ^a   Weber, R ^a   Weber, H P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; INTERFEROMETERS; PUMPING (LASER); TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

LASER THERMAL FACTORS; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0033906787     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.823468     Document Type: Article

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