Thermal effects in laser pumped Kerr-lens modelocked Ti:Sapphire lasers

Optics Communications

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 150-159

  Mehendale, Manjusha ^a   Nelson, T R ^a   Omenetto, F G ^a   Schroeder, W Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER OPTICS; LASER RESONATORS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PUMPING (LASER); STABILITY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

KERR LENS MODELOCKED TITANIUM SAPPHIRE LASERS; THERMAL LENSING;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 0031103019     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(96)00661-X     Document Type: Article

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