Frequency tuning characteristics of a continuous-wave Raman laser in H 2

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1229-1232

  Brasseur, Jason K ^a,b   Roos, Peter A ^a   Meng, Lei S ^a   Carlsten, John L ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; LASER TUNING; OPTICAL PUMPING; RAMAN SCATTERING; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

FREQUENCY TUNING;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

EID: 0034371181     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.17.001229     Document Type: Article

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