Vectorial equations and polarization characteristics of pulsed lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1135-1141

  Yang, Qian Suo ^a,b,c,d,e   Wang, Peng Ye ^a   Dai, Jian Hua ^a   Zhang, Hong Jun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

Laser radiation effect; Mode locking lasers; Numerical analysis; Optical modulation; Polarization; Pulsed lasers

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT VELOCITY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

PULSED LASERS; VECTORIAL EQUATIONS;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0032122003     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.687855     Document Type: Article

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