Superior performance of a 2 kHz pulse Nd:YAG laser based on a gradient-doped crystal

Meng’en Wei; Tingqing Cheng; Renqin Dou; Qingli Zhang; Haihe Jiang

doi:10.1364/PRJ.424989

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