Detailed investigation of thermal effects in longitudinally diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 979-986

  Xiong, Z ^a   Li, Zhigang G ^a,b   Moore, Nicholas ^a   Huang, W L ^b   Lim, G C ^a  

^a SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Composite crystal; Diode pumped laser; Nd:YVO4; Thermal effect; Thermal lensing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEODYMIUM; PUMPING (LASER); THERMAL EFFECTS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

DIODE PUMPED LASER; THERMAL LENSING; YTTRIUM VANADIUM OXIDE;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0043173943     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2003.814371     Document Type: Article

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