Analysis of lasing in gas-flow lasers with stable resonators

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 5697-5705

  Barmashenko, Boris ^a   Furman, Dov ^a   Rosenwaks, Salman ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; CHEMICAL LASERS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; INTEGRATION; LASER MODES; LASER RESONATORS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATIONS;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN IODINE LASERS; DIFFRACTION LOSSES; ENERGY EXTRACTION; FABRY-PEROT RESONATOR; INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; INTRARESONATOR INTENSITY; MODE INTENSITY;

GAS DYNAMIC LASERS;

EID: 0032551847     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.005697     Document Type: Article

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