A compact Cherenkov laser with a Bragg cavity composed of dielectric gratings

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1687-1692

  Shiozawa, Toshiyuki ^a,b   Kamata, Hisashi ^c  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bragg cavity; Cherenkov lasers; Compact lasers; Dielectric gratings; Free electron lasers; High power lasers; Tunable lasers

Indexed keywords

BRAGG CELLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTRON BEAMS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

CHERENKOV LASER; DIELECTRIC GRATINGS; TUNABLE LASERS;

FREE ELECTRON LASERS;

EID: 0031257339     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.631265     Document Type: Article

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