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Realization of a 50-watt facility-class sodium guidestar pump laser

Denman et al., 2005

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Denman C
Hillman P
Moore G
Telle J
Preston J
Drummond J
Fugate R
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Solid State Lasers XIV: Technology and Devices

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A CW Na guidestar excitation source has been constructed and installed on the 3.5-m telescope at the Starfire Optical Range. This device is comprised of injection-locked Nd: YAG ring lasers operating at 1064 nm and 1319 nm and a doubly resonant cavity where …
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