Intensity-dependent refractive index in a nonresonant cw Raman laser that is due to thermal heating of the Raman-active gas

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 758-763

  Roos, Peter A ^a   Brasseur, Jay K ^a,b   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

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; HEATING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUMPING (LASER); RAMAN SCATTERING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RESONANCE;

PHASE DISTORTION;

GAS LASERS;

EID: 0034379872     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.17.000758     Document Type: Article

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