Unidirectional single-frequency operation of a Nd:YVO4 ring laser with and without a faraday element

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 3174-3177

  Thompson, Benjamin A ^a   Minassian, Ara ^a   Damzen, Michael J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFRACTION; FARADAY EFFECT; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OSCILLATIONS; POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

ACOUSTO-OPTIC MODULATOR; BOUNCE-AMPLIFIER GEOMETRY; FARADAY ROTATING ELEMENT; UNIDIRECTIONAL LASER OSCILLATOR;

RING LASERS;

EID: 2542540656     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.003174     Document Type: Article

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