Lasers with Super-Gaussian Mirrors

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 1990, Pages 1500-1509

  De Silvestri, Sandro ^a   Magni, Vittorio ^a   Svelto, Orazio ^a   Valentini, G ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIRRORS - FABRICATION; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICS - GEOMETRICAL;

FAR-FIELD INTENSITY PROFILES; NEAR-FIELD INTENSITY PROFILES; SUPER-GAUSSIAN MIRRORS; VARIABLE-REFLECTIVITY MIRRORS;

LASERS, SOLID STATE;

EID: 0025489220     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.102627     Document Type: Article

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