Linewidth reduction of a long-pulse, low-gain XeCl* laser with intracavity etalons

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1068-1071

  Hofstra, R M ^a,b   Van Goor, F A ^b   Witteman, W J ^b  

^a Nederlands Centrum voor Laser Research BV   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETALONS; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; LASER PULSES; LASER RESONATORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

INTRACAVITY ETALONS;

GAS LASERS;

EID: 0033246420     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.001068     Document Type: Article

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