Initial operation of the Mercury Laser - A gas cooled, 10 Hz, Yb:S-FAP system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5332, Issue , 2004, Pages 244-250

  Bibeau, Camille ^a   Bayramian, Andy J ^a   Beach, Raymond J ^a   Campbell, Robert W ^a   DeWald, A ^b   Davis, Wilburt H ^a   Dawson, Jay W ^a   Dimercurio, Larrain E ^a   Ebbers, Chistopher A ^a   Freitas, Barry L ^a   Hill, Michael R ^b   Hood, Kevin M ^a   Kanz, V Keith ^a   Menapace, Joseph A ^a   Payne, Stephen A ^a   Randles, Mark H ^c   Rankin, Jon E ^a   Schaffers, Kathleen I ^a   Stoltz, Christopher J ^a   Tassano, John B ^a   Telford, Steve J ^a   Utterback, Everett J ^a   more..

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CODES; GLASS PLATES; INTENSITY MODULATION; MERCURY LASERS;

CODES (SYMBOLS); COOLING; DIODE AMPLIFIERS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; NONLINEAR DISTORTION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTIMIZATION; THERMAL LOAD; WAVEFRONTS;

GAS LASERS;

EID: 4344701440     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.538414     Document Type: Conference Paper

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