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Interferometric studies on a diode-pumped Nd: YVO4 laser with frequency-shifted feedback

Nakamura et al., 1995

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12340608911208635151
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Nakamura K
Kasahara K
Sato M
Ito H
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Optics communications

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Frequency-shifted feedback lasers (FSFL's) have been studied by several researchers, and it has turned out that an output spectrum of the laser consists of a chirped comb of frequency components. In this letter, two different sets of experimental results taken by a Fabry-Pérot …
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