Physical optics modelling of intra-cavity thermal distortions in solid state laser resonators

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4768, Issue , 2002, Pages 153-163

  Forbes, Andrew ^a   Botha, Lourens R ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aberrations; Beam quality; Diffraction; Thermal lensing

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; DIFFRACTION; DISTORTION (WAVES); LASER RESONATORS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SOLID STATE DEVICES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WAVEFRONTS;

DIFFRACTIVE EFFECT; INTRA-CAVITY LOSSES; INTRACAVITY THERMAL DISTORTIONS; THERMAL LENSING;

PHYSICAL OPTICS;

EID: 0036440079     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.482189     Document Type: Article

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