Phase conjugation for improving the beam quality of solid state and excimer lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3267, Issue , 1998, Pages 158-169

  Eichler, H J ^a   Dehn, A ^a   Haase, A ^a   Liu, B ^a   Mehl, O ^a   Schwartz, J ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Excimer lasers; High beam quality; High power solid state laser; High repetition rate; Nd:YALO; Nd:YAP; Phase conjugation; Stimulated Brillouin scattering

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; EXCIMER LASERS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; OPTICAL PUMPING; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); POWER AMPLIFIERS; Q SWITCHED LASERS; SOLID STATE LASERS;

THERMAL LENSING;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0032224509     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.308103     Document Type: Conference Paper

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