Design and field tests of an 8 watt sum-frequency laser for adaptive optics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3353, Issue , 1998, Pages 300-309

  Kibblewhite, Edward J ^a   Shi, Fang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Laser beacons; Sum frequency laser

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; LIGHT; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SODIUM;

COLUMN DENSITIES; DIODE-LASER-PUMPED; FIELD TESTS; SODIUM LAYERS; SUM-FREQUENCY LASER;

LASERS;

EID: 33749402042     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.321710     Document Type: Conference Paper

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