Analytical and experimental studies on the characteristics of composite solid-state laser rods in diode-end-pumped geometry

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-18

  Tsunekane, Masaki ^b,c,d,e,f,g   Taguchi, Noboru ^b,c,e,g,h   Kasamatsu, Tadashi ^c,e,g,i   Inaba, Humio ^{a,b,d,e,h,i,j,k,l,m}  

^a IEEE

^b Biophotonics Info Laboratories   (Japan)

^c NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e Nagoya Institute of Technology ^*

^f NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^g JAPAN SOCIETY OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Japan)

^h TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j Board of Directors   (Japan)

^k STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^m OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Finite element methods; Integrated optics; Neodymium:YAG lasers; Stress; Thermal factor

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRATED OPTICS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); THERMAL STRESS;

COMPOSITE SOLID STATE LASER RODS; DIODE END PUMPED GEOMETRY; NONCOMPOSITE CRYSTAL; THERMAL FACTOR;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0031073220     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.585807     Document Type: Article

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