Time-dependent EM field characterization in pulsed lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 502-508

  Marinček, Marko ^a   Čopič, Martin ^b   Lukač, Matjaž ^c  

^a FOTONA D D   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LASER PULSES; LASER RESONATORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DISCRETE FOURIER TRANSFORMS (DFT);

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0033876988     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.831029     Document Type: Article

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