Progress in Alkali lasers development

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6874, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Zhdanov, B V ^a   Knize, R J ^a  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkali lasers; Atomic gas lasers; Diode pump; Optical pump

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PROBLEM SOLVING; RUBIDIUM; VAPORS;

ALKALI LASERS; ATOMIC GAS LASERS; DIODE PUMP;

CHEMICAL LASERS;

EID: 41149090143     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.769064     Document Type: Conference Paper

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