Operation of a 33-W, continuous-wave, self-adaptive, solid-state laser oscillator

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 857-862

  Thompson, Benjamin A ^a   Minassian, Ara ^a   Damzen, Michael J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; OPTICAL PUMPING; WAVEFRONTS;

CAVITY STABILITY;

SOLID STATE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0038512535     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.000857     Document Type: Article

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