Thermally induced stresses and birefringence in Nd laser rods

Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 185-197

  Yilbas, Bekir S ^a   Yilbas, Z ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; LASER ACCESSORIES; LASER PULSES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PUMPING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL STRESS;

NEODYMIUM LASER RODS; OPTICAL PATH LENGTH;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0030354216     PISSN: 08981507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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