Pulse-stacking technique for enhanced performance of a solid-state laser pumped by a high-pulse-rate source

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 536-539

  French, Sylvia E ^a   Brown, Daniel J W ^a   Knowles, David S ^a   Piper, James A ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 1542494193     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.000536     Document Type: Article

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