High-power, widely-tunable Cr2+:ZnSe master oscillator power amplifier systems

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 15062-15072

  Berry, P A ^a   Schepler, K L ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION;

AMPLIFIER GAIN; CONTINUOUS WAVES; LASER SYSTEMS; MASTER OSCILLATOR POWER AMPLIFIER SYSTEMS; MASTER OSCILLATOR POWER AMPLIFIERS; OUTPUT POWER; THEORETICAL MODELING; WIDELY TUNABLE;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 84868701859     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.015062     Document Type: Article

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