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Boundary conditions in laser oscillators with spatial dispersion

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From the stationary solution of the Fokker-Planck equation for a laser oscillator exhibiting spatial dispersion, presented in a previous paper, the equation for the most probable field configuration is derived. An additional boundary condition is found.

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Dekker, H. Boundary conditions in laser oscillators with spatial dispersion. Appl. Phys. 4, 105–107 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00884264

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