Unidirectional operation of ring lasers via the acoustooptic effect

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 311-325

  Clarkson, W A ^a   Neilson, A B ^a   Hanna, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTOOPTICAL EFFECTS; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; Q SWITCHED LASERS; SOLID STATE LASERS;

COUNTER PROPAGATING BEAMS; UNIDIRECTIONAL OPERATION;

RING LASERS;

EID: 0030080852     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.481879     Document Type: Article

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