Characterization of a distortion-corrected Nd: YAG laser with a self-conjugating loop geometry

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 656-664

  Wittler, Olaf ^a   Udaiyan, Darren ^b   Crofts, Graham J ^b   Syed, Khalid S ^b   Damzen, Michael J ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Four wave mixing; Gain gratings; Laser resonators; Phase conjugation; Self pumped phase conjugation; Solid state laser

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DISTORTION (WAVES); FOUR WAVE MIXING; LASER RESONATORS; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; OPTICAL PUMPING;

PHASE DISTORTIONS;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0032650910     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.753671     Document Type: Article

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