Performance and design of an off-resonant continuous-wave Raman laser

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1667-1673

  Repasky, K S ^a   Brasseur, J K ^a   Meng, L ^a   Carlsten, J L ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIRRORS; PERFORMANCE; PHOTONS; PUMPING (LASER); RAMAN SCATTERING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

NONCONFOCAL HIGH FINESSE CAVITY; OFF RESONANT CONTINUOUS WAVE RAMAN LASER; PHOTON CONVERSION EFFICIENCY;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

EID: 0032222181     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.001667     Document Type: Article

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