Experimental investigation and numerical simulation of the spatio-temporal dynamics of nanosecond pulses in Q-switched Nd: YAG lasers

Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 833-838

  Anstett, G ^a   Nittmann, M ^a   Borsutzky, A ^a   Wallenstein, R ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL RESONATORS; PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHED LASERS;

GAUSSIAN INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; LASER AMPLIFICATION; NANOSECOND PULSE; OPTICALLY STABLE RESONATOR; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CHARGE COUPLED DEVICE CAMERA;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 0042882121     PISSN: 09462171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00340-003-1189-4     Document Type: Article

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