Unstable resonators with 90° beam rotation

Applied Optics

Volumn 25, Issue 17, 1986, Pages 2939-2946

  Paxton, Alan H ^a   Latham, William P ^b  

^a MISSION RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84975594336     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.25.002939     Document Type: Article

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