Thermooptical compensation methods for high-power lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1620-1628

  Wyss, Eduard ^a   Roth, Michelle ^a   Graf, Thomas ^a   Weber, Heinz P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Fluids; Graded index optics; Laser beam distortion; Laser resonators; Laser stability; Laser thermal factors; Laser tuning; Neodymium:glass lasers; Neodymium:solid lasers; Neodymium:YAG lasers

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; LASER BEAMS; LASER RESONATORS; LASER TUNING; LENSES; NEODYMIUM LASERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

THERMOOPTICAL COMPENSATION;

HIGH POWER LASERS;

EID: 0036903679     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2002.805105     Document Type: Review

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