Power scaling and frequency stabilization of an injection-locked Nd:YAG rod laser

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 3076-3084

  Teehan, Russell F ^a,b,c   Bienfang, Joshua C ^a,b   Denman, Craig A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; FREQUENCIES; INJECTION LASERS; PUMPING (LASER);

POWER SCALING;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0000542573     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.003076     Document Type: Article

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