Mode-volume and pump-power limitations in injection-locked TEM00 Nd: YAG rod lasers

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 30, 1996, Pages 5925-5936

  Murdough, Matthew P ^a   Denman, Craig A ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Injection locking; Nd:YAG laser

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; HEAT TRANSFER; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER MODES; LASER RESONATORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUMPING (LASER); RING LASERS; STABILITY CRITERIA; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

INJECTION LOCKING; LASER ROD; PUMP POWER LIMITATION; STANDING WAVE CAVITY; TRANSVERSE ELECTROMAGNETIC MODES;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0030259280     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.005925     Document Type: Article

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