HO: YLF pumped HBr laser

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 20615-20622

  Botha, L R ^a,b   Bollig, C ^a   Esser, M J D ^a   Campbell, R N ^c   Jacobs, C ^a,b   Preussler, D R ^a  

^a Future production Chemicals Cluster   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; PUMPING (LASER);

HBR-LASERS; INJECTION SEEDING; MOLECULAR LASERS; NARROW BANDS; RATE EQUATIONS; SINGLE LONGITUDINAL MODE; WAVELENGTH REGIONS;

YLF LASERS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASER; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70749153167     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.020615     Document Type: Article

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