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Cavity (continued) Energy. 3, 13-11. 35.36, 175. 178. 179, 183.
external. 349468 186. 199
ring. 369, 378 electronic. 37, 168-170
telescopic, 13 rotational, 69-70
Cesium atomic standard, 89-90 vibrational. 65-69, 169. 171
Complementarity Energy lael diagram
tunable laser. 4-5 CO, laser, 67, 70.71,94
Compton regime, 416,418 d! e laser. 173
Chromatic aberration, 382.383 excimer laber, 37
Confinement factor. 353 transition metal solid-state laser, 227. 23 1.
213,217,252
Etalon. IO. 13,20. 28.48. 186,186. 373, 376,
Degenerate resonator, 381.101,103.131,435 380.383,391,392.395,402104,118.
Density 421423,129
X1,0,, 219 dispersion. 28
BeAI,O,, 254 finesse, 28
GSGG. 272 Excimer
LiCaAIF,, 165 laser transitions. 31
MgF,. 277 bandmidth. 34
YAG. 272 rare gas. 11
Diffraction, 16-18 rare gas halide. 37-41
equation. 16-17
Diffraction grating, 15. 17, 369,380, 384.
385-390,393.396,398101,404-409. Fabry-Perot (see Etalon)
11 1,418,119421,428,129,431-434 Femtosecond
efficiency. 26,388-389 pulse free electron laser. 417
equation, 19, 21.45.283 pulse dye lasers. 191-197
grazing-incidence. 387-389, 399.407,408. pulses, 194, 196-197
120.421 Forced oscillator (see Oscillator)
Littrow. 369,381, 387. 388: 389, 398.107. Fourier transform, 15 j
408.41 1,118,120.128,429 Frequency
Dirac formalism. 16-17 absolute. 95
Dispersion CO, laser, 99-136
equations, 17 stabilization. 79-95. 137-143. 189-192
etalon, 28 Fresnel number, 16, 18
generalized, 2 1-23
grating. 19. 21, 284
intracavity, 19, 21-24. 28 Gain. 352
multiple-prism, 21-24.43.14 bandwidth. 362--361
prism materials, 195 stripe, 360-362, 375
zero. 181 Gaussian (see also Transverse mode, single). 78.
Dispersive 296,299,300,356.458
cavity (see Oscillators) Geometrics
linewidth (see Linewidth) cell, 176-177
Distributed excitation. 175-176
Bragg reflector. 351, 390 Grating (see Diffraction grating)
feedback laser. 351.423,431 Group velocity dispersion (GVD). 23, 192, 194
Divergence (see Beam divergence)
Double heterostructure, 358
Heat capacity
A1,0,, 219
Electron beam, 446,147.451,454 BeAI,O,, 254
Electronic configuration, 226. 230 GSGG, 272