Smith, 1968 - Google Patents
New room temperature CW laser transitions in YAlG: NdSmith, 1968
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- 3138269204063622833
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- Smith R
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- IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
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New room temperature CW laser transitions in YAlG:Nd Page 1 CORRESPONDENCE Oil Filled
Glass Tank Lens TRG Model 106 580 Radiometer Optical Bench Fig. 3. Experimental
arrangement for last phase of experiment. We first measured the minimum laser pulse energy …
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