Simple ABCD matrix treatment for transversely varying saturable gain

Optics Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 22, 2001, Pages 1776-1778

  Grace, E J ^a   New, G H C ^a   French, P M W ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

END-PUMPED LASERS;

AMPLIFICATION; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER RESONATORS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTIMIZATION; PUMPING (LASER);

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 0141839708     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.26.001776     Document Type: Article

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