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Metal Hybrid Lasers

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Pulsed Metal Vapour Lasers

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((ASDT,volume 5))

Abstract

A brief history of the development of HyBrID lasers is given, and the mechanisms that govern the metal seeding process in metal HyBrID lasers are discussed, with specific reference to the operating regime of the copper HyBrID laser.

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  1. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9SS, Scotland

    C. E. Little, D. R. Jones, S. A. Fairlie & C. G. Whyte

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  1. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9SS, UK

    Chris E. Little

  2. Department of Metal Vapor Lasers, Institute of Solid State Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Tzarigradsko Chaussee 72, Sofia, 1784, Bulgaria

    Nikola V. Sabotinov

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Little, C.E., Jones, D.R., Fairlie, S.A., Whyte, C.G. (1996). Metal Hybrid Lasers. In: Little, C.E., Sabotinov, N.V. (eds) Pulsed Metal Vapour Lasers. NATO ASI Series, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1669-2_12

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