Optical amplifier for space applications

Optics Express

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 292-301

  Fork, Richard L ^a   Cole, Spencer T ^a   Gamble, Lisa J ^a   Diffey, William M ^a   Keys, Andrew S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; SOLID STATE LASERS; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACECRAFT;

OPTICAL FIELD INTENSITIES; OPTICAL PHASE DISTORTION; OPTICAL WAVEFRONTS; SPATIAL SEGMENTATION STRATEGY;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0001496887     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.5.000292     Document Type: Article

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