Simple analytical method to calculate the radial energy deposition profile in an isotropic diode-pumped solid-state laser rod

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 30, 1996, Pages 5937-5948

  Sutton, S B ^a   Albrecht, G F ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIODES; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUMPING (LASER);

IRRADIANCE; LASER ROD; RADIAL ENERGY DEPOSITION; SIDE PUMPED GEOMETRY;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0030259177     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.005937     Document Type: Article

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