Modeling of longitudinally pumped solid-state lasers exhibiting reabsorption losses

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 1988, Pages 1412-1423

  Risk, W P ^a  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 56749122532     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.5.001412     Document Type: Article

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