Encapsulated rod for efficient thermal management in diode-side-pumped Nd:YAG lasers

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 2562-2565

  Jackson, Stuart D ^a   Piper, James A ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 6244277059     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.002562     Document Type: Article

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