Monoblock laser for a low-cost, eyesafe, microlaser range finder

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 2428-2432

  Nettleton, John E ^a   Schilling, Bradley W ^a   Barr, Dallas N ^a   Lei, Jonathan S ^a  

^a U S ARMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; CRYSTALS; LASER RESONATORS; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; OPTICAL PUMPING; POSITIVE IONS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; Q SWITCHING; RANGE FINDERS;

MONOBLOCK LASERS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0000602768     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.002428     Document Type: Article

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