Study of the mechanical properties of Nd:YVO4 crystal by use of laser interferometry and finite-element analysis

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1396-1403

  Peng, Xiaoyuan ^a   Asundi, Anand ^a   Chen, Yihong ^b   Xiong, Zhengjun ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER APPLICATIONS; NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; POISSON RATIO;

LASER INTERFEROMETRY;

CRYSTALS;

EID: 0001096950     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.001396     Document Type: Article

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