Power-scalable system of phase-locked single-mode diode lasers

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 27, 1999, Pages 5752-5760

  Bartelt Berger, Lars ^a,b   Brauch, Uwe ^a,c   Giesen, Adolf ^c   Huegel, Helmut ^c   Opower, Hans ^a,c  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b Bosch Telecom GmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

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EID: 0001637966     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.005752     Document Type: Article

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