Image-rotating cavity designs for improved beam quality in nanosecond optical parametric oscillators

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 706-713

  Smith, Arlee V ^a   Bowers, Mark S ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b ACULIGHT CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; DIFFRACTION; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT REFLECTION;

IMAGE ROTATING RESONATORS;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0035608131     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.000706     Document Type: Article

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