Measurement of the small-signal gain and saturation intensity of a XeF discharge laser

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1139-1142

  Parvin, Parviz ^a   Zaeferani, Mohammad S ^a   Mirabbaszadeh, Kavoos ^b   Sadighi, Rassoul ^a  

^a ATOMIC ENERGY ORGANIZATION OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Lasers; Oscillator amplifiers; XeF excimer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012166633     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.001139     Document Type: Article

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