Frontiers of Optoelectronics, Volume. 10, Issue 1, 51(2017)

Slab Yb:YAG pulse amplifier with high amplification gain and signal-to-noise ratio

Jun LIU1, Jianguo XIN1、*, Ye LANG1, and Jiabin CHEN2
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Optoelectronics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
  • 2School of Automation, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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    Paper Information

    Category: RESEARCH ARTICLE

    Received: Nov. 20, 2015

    Accepted: Nov. 17, 2016

    Published Online: May. 9, 2017

    The Author Email: Jianguo XIN (xinjgbit@163.com)

    DOI:10.1007/s12200-017-0564-4

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