Design and testing of a large-aperture, high-gain, brewster’s angle zigzag nd: Glass slab amplifier

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 5827-5838

  Shoup, Milton J ^a   Kelly, John H ^a   Smith, David L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

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EID: 0008012850     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.005827     Document Type: Article

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