Beam Reformatting of One- and Two-Dimensional Arrays of CO2 Waveguide Lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 267-272

  Villarreal, F J ^a   Baker, H J ^a   Abram, R H ^a   Jones, D R ^a   Hall, D R ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; LASER BEAMS; MIRRORS; WAVEGUIDES;

CARBON DIOXIDE WAVEGUIDE LASERS; REFORMATTING MIRRORS;

CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS;

EID: 0033100674     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.748828     Document Type: Article

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