Self-pulsations in phonon-assisted lasers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2681-2688

  Gadomski, W ^a   Ratajska Gadomska, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; FREQUENCY STABILITY; LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHONONS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

FABRY-PEROT CAVITY; HOPF BIFURCATION; PHONON ASSISTED LASERS; SELF PULSATIONS; TIME RESOLVED ABSORPTION;

LASERS;

EID: 0032219386     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.002681     Document Type: Article

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