Laser beams and resonators: Beyond the 1960s

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1389-1399

  Siegman, Anthony E ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INTERFEROMETERS; LASER BEAMS; LASER MODES; LASER RESONATORS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MIRRORS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

PARAXIAL OPTICS;

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 0034313044     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.902193     Document Type: Article

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