Suppression of parasitic lasing in large-aperture Ti:sapphire laser amplifiers

Optics Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 963-965

  Patterson, F G ^a   Bonlie, J ^a   Price, D ^a   White, B ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER MODES; LASER PULSES; THERMOPLASTICS;

PARASITIC LASING;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0032613587     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.24.000963     Document Type: Article

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