Determining spatial modes of lasers with spatial coherence measurements

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 33, 2000, Pages 6109-6117

  Warnky, Carolyn M ^a   Lise Anderson, Betty ^a   Klein, Charles A ^a  

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; LASER BEAMS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

SPATIAL COHERENCE;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0037491971     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.006109     Document Type: Article

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