Ultrabroadband operation of a Cr4+: Forsterite laser by use of a spatially dispersed resonator

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2390-2393

  Ter Mikirtychev, Valerii V ^a,b   McKinnie, Iain T ^c   Warrington, Donald M ^c  

^a KYOTO SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 85010097105     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.002390     Document Type: Article

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