Mode properties of an external-cavity laser with Gaussian gain

Optics Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 229-231

  Maes, Carl F ^a   Wright, Ewan M ^b  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTERNAL CAVITY LASER; GAUSSIAN GAIN PROFILE;

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT PROPAGATION;

LASER MODES;

EID: 0842300585     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.29.000229     Document Type: Article

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