Self-consistent modeling of beam instabilities in 980-nm fiber pump lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1384-1395

  Tan, Gen Lin ^b,d,e,f,g   Mand, R S ^c   Xu, Jimmy M ^a,b,h  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Furukawa Electric Technology   (United States)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^h Info Technology Research Centre

Author keywords

Finite element method; Laser beam stability; Laser beam steering; Power laser; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LASER BEAMS; LASER MODES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

FINITE ELEMENT LIGHT EMITTER SIMULATOR; LASER BEAM STABILITY; LASER BEAM STEERING; SEMICONDUCTOR POWER LASER;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 0031208197     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.605561     Document Type: Article

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