Frequency degeneracy of transverse modes in Nd∶YVO4 lasers

Da Lin; Jing Wang; Bingxuan Li; Wenbin Liao; Zhanglang Lin; Kaifei Tang; Ke Li; Ge Zhang

doi:10.3788/CJL202148.2001003

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