Injection-seeded pulsed Ti:sapphire laser with novel stabilization scheme and capability of dual-wavelength operation

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 5120-5126

  Ertel, Klaus ^a,b   Linné, Holger ^a   Bösenberg, Jens ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; LASERS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL RADAR; SAPPHIRE;

DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION LIDAR TECHNIQUES; INJECTION-LOCKING SYSTEMS;

TITANIUM;

EID: 25444520276     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.005120     Document Type: Article

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