Observing mode propagation inside a laser cavity

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 14, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Naidoo, Darryl ^a,b   Ait Ameur, Kamel ^c   Litvin, Igor ^a   Fromager, Michael ^c   Forbes, Andrew ^a,b  

^a Future production Chemicals Cluster   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKWARD PROPAGATING WAVES; BACKWARD WAVES; COUNTERPROPAGATING WAVES; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; GAIN MEDIA; INTRACAVITIES; MODE PROPAGATION; PASSIVE Q SWITCHES; STABLE RESONATOR; TRAVELING WAVE;

WAVE TRANSMISSION;

LASER RESONATORS;

EID: 84862101305     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/14/5/053021     Document Type: Article

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