Self-consistent spatial mode analysis of self-adaptive laser oscillators

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1346-1352

  Udaiyan, D ^a   Crofts, G J ^a   Omatsu, T ^b   Damzen, M J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTORTION (WAVES); FEEDBACK; FOUR WAVE MIXING; LASER MODES; LENSES; LIGHT; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MIRRORS; MODAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; SOLID STATE LASERS; STABILITY CRITERIA;

GAUSSIAN BEAM; RAY TRANSFER MATRICES; SELF ADAPTIVE LASER OSCILLATORS;

LASER RESONATORS;

EID: 0032049108     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.001346     Document Type: Article

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