Numerical Simulation and Analytical Description of Thermally Induced Birefringence in Laser Rods

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 620-626

  Schmid, M ^a   Weber, R ^a   Graf, Thomas ^a,c   Roos, M ^b   Weber, Heinz P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Numerical Modeling GmbH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Nd:YAG; Solid lasers; Temperature; Thermooptic effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000424404     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.842105     Document Type: Article

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