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Photonics Research
Vol. 5, Issue 4, 346 (2017)

High power and beam quality continuous-wave Nd:GdVO₄ laser in-band diode-pumped at 912 nm

Mohammad Nadimi, Tanant Waritanant, and Arkady Major^*

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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 5V6, Canada

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Mohammad Nadimi, Tanant Waritanant, Arkady Major. High power and beam quality continuous-wave Nd:GdVO₄ laser in-band diode-pumped at 912 nm[J]. Photonics Research, 2017, 5(4): 346 Copy Citation Text

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