High average and high peak brightness slab laser

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 296-303

  Amano, Sho ^a   Mochizuki, Takayasu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; MIRRORS; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

SLAB LASERS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0035250433     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.903081     Document Type: Article

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