Extraction efficiency and thermal lensing in Tm:YAG lasers

Optical and Quantum Electronics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 695-707

  Peterson, P ^a   Sharma, M P ^a   Gavrielides, A ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEATING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL RESONATORS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CROSS RELAXATION ENERGY DEFICIT; EXTRACTION EFFICIENCY; FABRY-PEROT TWO POINT BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; LASER SHUT OFF; PUMP DEPLETION EQUATIONS; THERMAL DIFFUSION MODEL; THERMAL LENSING;

GAS LASERS;

EID: 0030166010     PISSN: 03068919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00411303     Document Type: Article

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