Study of Neon-Like Lasing in Gallium

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 958-961

  Fill, Ernst E ^a   Li, Yuelin ^a   Pretzler, Georg ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; GAIN MEASUREMENT; GALLIUM; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT REFRACTION; MIRRORS; X RAY LASERS;

ASTERIX IV IODINE LASER; BEAM REFRACTION; GAIN COEFFICIENT; NEON LIKE GALLIUM LASING;

LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0029370703     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: 15584542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.473684     Document Type: Article

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