Distributed laser refrigeration

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 30, 2001, Pages 5423-5429

  Rayner, Anton ^a   Hirsch, Madeleine ^a   Heckenberg, Norman R ^a   Rubinsztein Dunlop, Halina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT SOURCES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; THERMOCOUPLES;

DISTRIBUTED LASER REFRIGERATION;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0038300659     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.005423     Document Type: Article

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