Precise wavelength control of a single-frequency pulsed Ho:Tm:YLF laser

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1718-1721

  Koch, Grady J ^a   Petros, Mulugeta ^b   Yu, Jirong ^a   Singh, Upendra N ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL RADAR; PUMPING (LASER);

INJECTION SEED LASERS; WAVELENGTH CONTROL;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0037139042     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.001718     Document Type: Article

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