Analysis of a large-mode neodymium laser passively Q switched with a saturable absorber and a stimulated-Brillouin-scattering mirror

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-17

  Kir'yanov, Alexander V ^a,b   Aboites, Vicente ^a   Il'ichev, Nikolai N ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ÓPTICA   (Mexico)

^b PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0034388343     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.17.000011     Document Type: Article

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