Abstract
It has been known that a Nd:YAG laser is capable of laser emission at 1.444 μm (eyesafe wavelength), which coincides with an absorption peak of water (26 cm−1) in this spectral region, but it was demonstrated only recently that efficient operation at this wavelength can be obtained in flashlamp-pumped Nd:YAG lasers.
© 1995 Optical Society of America
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