Coherence growth of laser radiation in gaussian cavities

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 802-812

  De Santis, P ^a   Mascello, A ^b   Palma, C ^a,c   Perrone, M R ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^c Selenia

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASERS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; RADIATION;

CAVITY CONFIGURATION; COHERENCE GROWTH; HERMITE-GAUSS FIELDS; LASER RADIATION;

CAVITY RESONATORS;

EID: 0030151907     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.493004     Document Type: Article

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