Effect of thermal lensing on the mode matching between pump and laser beams in Cr4+:forsterite lasers: a numerical study

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1478-1483

  Sennaroglu, Alphan ^a  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; LASER BEAMS; LENSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; PUMPING (LASER); THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

CAVITY BEAM; CRYSTAL BOUNDARY TEMPERATURE; OPTIMUM MODE MATCHING; PUMP BEAM; RESONATOR LENSES; THERMAL LENSING;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

EID: 0033702114     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/33/12/308     Document Type: Article

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