Improvement of the pulse and spectrum characteristics of a mode-locked argon laser with a phase-conjugating external cavity

Optics Communications

Volumn 137, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 83-88

  Gay, David ^a   McCarthy, Nathalie ^a  

^a CENTRE D OPTIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

External cavity; Mode locked argon laser; Noise reduction; Phase conjugation

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; FEEDBACK; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; LASER TUNING; MIRRORS; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

LASER CAVITY; MODE LOCKED ARGON ION LASER;

GAS LASERS;

EID: 0031117601     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(96)00779-1     Document Type: Article

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