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4-W and 23-ps pulses from a lamp-pumped Nd: YAG laser passively mode-locked by polarization switching in a KTP crystal

Kubeček et al., 1999

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770737938389393942
Author
Kubeček V
Couderc V
Bourliaguet B
Louradour F
Barthélémy A
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Applied Physics B

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4-W and 23-ps pulses from a lamp-pumped Nd :YAG laser passively mode-locked by polarization switching in a KTP crystal Page 1 Appl. Phys. B 69, 99–102 (1999) / Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 10.1007/s003409900072 Applied Physics B Lasers and Optics © Springer-Verlag …
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