Multipass reconfiguration of the HELEN Nd:glass laser at the Atomic Weapons Establishment

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 3497-3505

  Norman, Michael J ^a   Andrew, James E ^a   Bett, Thomas H ^a   Clifford, Roger K ^a   England, John E ^a   Hopps, Nicholas W ^a   Parker, Kenneth W ^a   Porter, Kenneth ^a   Stevenson, Mark ^a  

^a AWE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAIN CONTROL; HIGH POWER LASERS; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER PULSES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); POWER AMPLIFIERS; Q SWITCHED LASERS; RING LASERS;

REGENERATIVE AMPLIFIERS;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0037141874     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.003497     Document Type: Article

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