25 W Raman-fiber-amplifier-based 589 nm laser for laser guide star

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 19021-19026

  Feng, Yan ^a   Taylor, Luke R ^a   Calia, Domenico Bonaccini ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; FREQUENCY DOUBLERS; LINEWIDTH; STARS;

COHERENT BEAM COMBINATIONS; CONTINUOUS WAVE; EXTERNAL RESONANT; FREQUENCY-DOUBLING; LASER GUIDE STAR; LASER GUIDE STAR ADAPTIVE OPTICS; NARROW-LINE WIDTH; RAMAN FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 70350303007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.019021     Document Type: Article

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