High efficiency actively Q-switched Nd:YVO4 self-Raman laser under 914 nm in-band pumping

Ding Xin; Zhao Cen; Jiang Pengbo; Sheng Quan; Li Bin; Liu Jian; Sun Bing; Yao Jianquan

doi:10.3788/irla201746.1005001

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