Polarization control in a He-Ne laser using birefringence feedback

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 3117-3122

  Fei, Ligang ^a   Zhang, Shulian ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Zhu, Jun ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FEEDBACK; HELIUM NEON LASERS; HYSTERESIS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT MODULATION;

ATOMIC GAS LASERS; CAVITY LENGTHS; OPTICAL FEEDBACK; POLARIZATION FLIPPING;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 21244500192     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.003117     Document Type: Article

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