Beam perturbations through a MOPA chain

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4184, Issue , 2001, Pages 486-489

  Forbes, A ^a   Botha, L R ^a   Strydom, H J ^a   Prinsloo, F J ^a   Ronander, E ^a  

^a Scientific Development and Integration (Pty) Ltd   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aberrations; Beam propagation; Beam quality; Gain; MOPA; Thermal lensing

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POWER AMPLIFIERS;

MASTER OSCILLATOR POWER AMPLIFIERS (MOPA); THERMAL LENSING;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 0035072878     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.413983     Document Type: Article

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