Spatial and temporal filtering of a 10-W Nd:YAG laser with a Fabry-Perot ring-cavity premode cleaner

Optics Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 1704-1706

  Willke, B ^a   Uehara, N ^a   Gustafson, E K ^a   Byer, R L ^a   King, P J ^b   Seel, S U ^b   Savage Jr , R L ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 3242705146     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.23.001704     Document Type: Article

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