Ceramic laser materials

Nature Photonics

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 721-727

  Ikesue, Akio ^a   Aung, Yan Lin ^a  

^a World Lab   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC LASER MATERIALS;

PHOTONICS;

EID: 57049171007     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2008.243     Document Type: Article

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