Complications to optical measurements using a laser with an unstable resonator: A case study on laser-induced incandescence of soot

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 33, 2007, Pages 8095-8103

  Dansson, Mark A ^a   Boisselle, Matthew ^a   Linne, Mark A ^a   Michelsen, Hope A ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; Q SWITCHING; RESONATORS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

POSITION-DEPENDENT DURATIONS; Q-SWITCHED ND:YAG LASERS; RADIAL DISTANCE; UNSTABLE RESONATORS;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 38849189348     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.008095     Document Type: Article

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