High-power deuterium Raman laser at 632 nm

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1162-1166

  Brasseur, Jason K ^a   Teehan, Russell F ^b   Roos, Peter A ^c,d   Soucy, Barbara ^b   Neumann, David K ^a   Carlsten, John L ^c  

^a Directed Energy Solutions   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ACTUATORS; FREQUENCIES; LASERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DESIGN; RAMAN SCATTERING; STABILIZATION; THERMAL EFFECTS; WAVEGUIDES;

HIGH-POWER DEUTERIUM RAMAN LASER; THERMAL LENSING;

DEUTERIUM;

EID: 1442307272     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.001162     Document Type: Article

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