60-W high-beam-quality single-oscillator copper vapor laser

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 997-1003

  Withford, Michael J ^a   Brown, Daniel J W ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; HIGH POWER LASERS; LASER RESONATORS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SOLID STATE OSCILLATORS;

HIGH-BEAM-QUALITY SINGLE-OSCILLATOR COPPER VAPOR LASERS; UNSTABLE RESONATORS;

GAS LASERS;

EID: 0032662606     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.772168     Document Type: Article

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