A Coherent All-Solid-State Laser Array Using the Talbot Effect in a Three-Mirror Cavity

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 607-614

  Kono, Yuko ^a,b   Takeoka, Masahiro ^a   Uto, Kenichi ^a,c,d   Uchida, Atsushi ^a   Kannari, Fumihiko ^a,e,f  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c MITSUBISHI CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^e RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f STI OPTRONICS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherent laser array; LD pumped solid state laser; Microchip laser; Talbot cavity; Talbot effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001576306     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.842103     Document Type: Article

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