Lasers as Toda oscillators

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1461-1466

  Simone, Cialdi ^a,b   Fabrizio, Castelli ^a,b   Franco, Prati ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^d Unità di Ricerca di Como   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LASER OPTICS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL CORRELATION; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHOTONS;

ANHARMONIC OSCILLATORS;

RELAXATION OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0141453202     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/josab.19.001461     Document Type: Article

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