Self-mixing interference effects of microchip Nd.YAG laser with a wave plate in the external cavity

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 6064-6068

  Tan, Yidong ^a   Zhang, Shulian ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; MIRRORS; NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL FEEDBACK; OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS; WAVE INTERFERENCE;

BIREFRINGENCE EFFECTS; DISPLACEMENT SENSORS; FEEDBACK REFLECTORS;

MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS;

EID: 35649002046     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.006064     Document Type: Article

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