Intracavity Raman conversion and Raman beam cleanup

Optical Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 353-371

  Murray, James T ^a   Austin, William L ^a   Powell, Richard C ^b  

^a Lite Cycles Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER BEAMS; NITRATES; OPTICAL PUMPING; RAMAN SCATTERING;

LASER BEAM CLEANUP;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0033101573     PISSN: 09253467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-3467(98)00033-0     Document Type: Article

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