Synchronous acousto-optic tuning of free-space external-cavity lasers

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 4972-4975

  Owen, Geraint ^a   Trutna Jr , William R ^a  

^a AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTOOPTICAL EFFECTS; STABILITY; SYNCHRONIZATION; TUNING;

ACOUSTO-OPTIC TUNING; FREE-SPACE EXTERNAL-CAVITY LASERS; PHASE-CONTINUOUS; PHASE-CONTINUOUS TUNING;

LASERS;

EID: 24344506214     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.004972     Document Type: Article

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