Highly efficient cesium vapor laser

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6101, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ehrenreich, T ^a   Zhdanov, B ^a   Knize, R J ^a  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkali lasers; Cesium laser; High power lasers; Optical pump

Indexed keywords

ALKALI LASERS; CESIUM LASERS; NARROWBAND PUMP DIODE LASERS; OPTICAL PUMPS;

CAVITATION; CESIUM; FIBER LASERS; GASES; HIGH POWER LASERS; LASER APPLICATIONS; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

CHEMICAL LASERS;

EID: 33645974335     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.645424     Document Type: Conference Paper

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