Experimental investigation on phase locking of two Nd:YAG laser beams by stimulated Brillouin scattering

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1678-1684

  Becht, Hubert ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT REFLECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOSENSITIVITY;

PHASE LOCKING; STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0032099989     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.001678     Document Type: Article

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