Tunable Laser Optics, 2nd Edition

Index

A

ABCD matrices, 123–127, 132–139

 astronomical telescope, 127, 129

 Galilean telescope, 127, 129

 multiple-prism beam expander, 127, 131, 134, 137

 multiple-return pass beam divergence, 139

 single-prism, 123–133

 telescopes in series, 135–136

 unstable resonators, 140

Airy formula, 264–265

Alexandrite lasers, 218

Allowable mismatch, 194

Amici prism, 91–94

 dispersion of, 91–93

Amplified spontaneous emission (ASE), 159

Angle of refraction, 51, 55

Angular dispersion, 54–56

Ar⁺ lasers, 211

Astronomical telescopes, 127, 129

Astronomy, beam divergence, 66–68

Atmospheric turbulence, 244

 interferometric detection of, 244

Attenuation of laser intensity, 115

B

Beam divergence, 53–54, 64–70, 86, 88, 136, 156

 astronomy and, 66–68

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