High Power 1443.5 nm Laser with Nd:YAG Single Crystal Fiber
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Setup
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Rao, H.; Liu, Z.; Cong, Z.; Liu, Y.; Xie, Y.; Li, W.; Zhang, X. High Power 1443.5 nm Laser with Nd:YAG Single Crystal Fiber. Crystals 2017, 7, 189. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst7070189
Rao H, Liu Z, Cong Z, Liu Y, Xie Y, Li W, Zhang X. High Power 1443.5 nm Laser with Nd:YAG Single Crystal Fiber. Crystals. 2017; 7(7):189. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst7070189
Chicago/Turabian StyleRao, Han, Zhaojun Liu, Zhenhua Cong, Yang Liu, Yongyao Xie, Wenrui Li, and Xingyu Zhang. 2017. "High Power 1443.5 nm Laser with Nd:YAG Single Crystal Fiber" Crystals 7, no. 7: 189. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst7070189