Modeling of the Performance of High-Power Diode Amplifier Systems with an Optothermal Microscopic Spatio-Temporal Theory

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 320-331

  Gehrig, E ^a,b   Hess, O ^b   Wallenstein, R ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Broad area and tapered amplifiers; Microscopic numerical modeling; Nonequilibrium temperature distributions; Nonlinear spatio temporal gain and index distribution; Spatio temporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

HIGH POWER LASERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

HIGH-POWER DIODE AMPLIFIER SYSTEMS; OPTOTHERMAL MICROSCOPIC SPATIO-TEMPORAL THEORY;

DIODE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0033097714     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.748837     Document Type: Article

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