50-W CW single frequency 589-nm FASOR

OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics Series

Volumn 98, Issue , 2005, Pages 698-702

  Denman, Craig A ^a   Hillman, Paul D ^a   Moore, Gerald T ^a   Telle, John M ^a   Preston, Joseph E ^a   Drummond, Jack D ^a   Fugate, Robert Q ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NEODYMIUM; PARTICLE BEAM INJECTION; POLARIZATION; SOLID STATE LASERS;

FREQUENCY GENERATION; LINEARLY-POLARIZED; ND:YAG LASERS;

RESONANCE;

EID: 33645226614     PISSN: 10945695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1364/assp.2005.698     Document Type: Conference Paper

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