Laser mode selection in multiarm grazing-incidence cavities

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2395-2403

  Binks, D J ^b   Ko, D K ^a,b   Gloster, L A W ^b   King, T A ^b  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DYE LASERS; INTERFEROMETERS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT REFRACTION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; PUMPING (LASER); REFLECTION; SOLID STATE LASERS;

CAVITY LOSS; FOUR ARM INTERFEROMETER; FOX-SMITH RESONATOR; GRAZING INCIDENCE CAVITY; LASER MODE SELECTION; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER; THRESHOLD GAIN LOSS;

LASER MODES;

EID: 0032219350     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.002395     Document Type: Article

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