Efficient operation of a solid-state adaptive laser oscillator

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 27, 2002, Pages 5638-5644

  Thompson, Benjamin A ^a   Minassian, Ara ^a   Eason, Robert W ^b   Damzen, Michael J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LASER RESONATORS; LIGHT MODULATION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; OPTICAL PUMPING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

THERMAL LENSING;

SOLID STATE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0037144801     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/ao.41.005638     Document Type: Article

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