Beam-propagation-dominant instability in an axially pumped solid-state laser near degenerate resonator configurations

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1076-1083

  Chen, Ching Hsu ^a   Wei, Ming Dar ^a   Hsieh, Wen Feng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); RESONATORS;

GAIN DYNAMICS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0035619777     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.001076     Document Type: Article

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