A Compact injection-locked Nd:YAG laser for gravitational wave detection

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2006-2009

  Ottaway, D J ^b   Veitch, P J ^b   Hamilton, M W ^b   Hollitt, C ^b   Mudge, D ^b   Munch, J ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

CW solid state lasers; Diode pumping; Gravitational waves; Injection locked; Single mode

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; GRAVITY WAVES; INJECTION LASERS; LASER MODES; OPTICAL PUMPING;

INJECTION-LOCKED SLAVE LASERS;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0032188286     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.720240     Document Type: Article

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