Stability of polarized modes in gas lasers

Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-36

  Stephan G M ^a   May, A D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; LASER MODES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LYAPUNOV METHODS;

MAGNETIC DEGENERACY; QUASI ISOTROPIC LASERS;

HELIUM NEON LASERS;

EID: 0013363969     PISSN: 14644266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1355-5111/10/1/008     Document Type: Article

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