Solid-state laser resonators with diffractive optic thermal aberration correction

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1075-1085

  Makki, Siamak ^a   Leger, James ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ALGORITHMS; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; MIRRORS; MODAL ANALYSIS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; OPTICAL PUMPING;

DIFFRACTIVE OPTIC THERMAL ABERRATION CORRECTIONS; GERCHBERG-SAXTON ALGORITHMS; SIDE-PUMPED SOLID-STATE LASERS; SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITIONS;

LASER RESONATORS;

EID: 0032651367     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.772179     Document Type: Article

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