Prelase stabilization of the polarization state and frequency of a Q-switched, diode-pumped, Nd:YAG laser

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 30, 1996, Pages 5861-5869

  Crawford, Thomas ^a   Lowrie, Christopher ^a   Thompson, John R ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser noise; Mode selection; Polarization; Q switching

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012816585     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.005861     Document Type: Article

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