Graded-reflectance mirrors for beam quality control in laser resonators

Applied Optics

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1993, Pages 1145-1153

  Duplain, G ^a   Verly, P G ^b   Dobrowolski, J A ^b   Waldorf, A ^b   Bussiere S ^a  

^a INO   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIRRORS; REFLECTION;

MULTI-LAYER MIRRORS; SINGLE VARIABLE;

LASER MIRRORS;

EID: 5344234774     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.32.001145     Document Type: Article

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