Hybrid stable–unstable resonators for diffusion-cooled CO2 slab lasers

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 3185-3192

  Lapucci, A ^a   Labate, A ^a   Rossetti, F ^a   Mascalchi, S ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diffusion cooled rf discharge lasers; Lasers (CO2); Slab laser resonators; Slab lasers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012774120     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.003185     Document Type: Article

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