Saturation parameter and small-signal gain of a laser-diode-pumped Tm:YAG laser

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 5710-5712

  Matsuzaka, Fumio ^a   Yokozawa, Takeshi ^a   Hara, Hiroshi ^a  

^a IHI CORPORATION   (Japan)

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EID: 0038205345     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.005710     Document Type: Article

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