Single frequency, coupled cavity chromium forsterite laser

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 72-75

  McKinnie, Iain T ^a   Tiffany, Andrew J ^a   Warrington, Donald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Infrared and far infrared lasers; Laser resonators; Rare earth and transition metal solid state lasers

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; INFRARED LASERS; LASER EXCITATION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); RARE EARTHS; TRANSITION METALS;

COUPLED CAVITY; COUPLED-CAVITY LASERS; FORSTERITE LASER; GAIN-SWITCHED; INFRARED AND FAR-INFRARED LASERS; LASER OUTPUT; NARROW BANDWIDTH; RARE-EARTH AND TRANSITION METAL SOLID-STATE LASERS; SINGLE LONGITUDINAL MODE; SINGLE-FREQUENCY;

YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

EID: 85010163433     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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