Miró: Complete modeling and software for pulse amplification and propagation in high-power laser systems

Optical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1530-1541

  Morice, Olivier ^a  

^a DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Amplification; Broadband; Crystal; Damage; Dispersion; Kerr; Software; Talanov

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LASER DAMAGE; LASER PULSES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

FOUR-LEVEL MULTIPASS AMPLIFIER; NONLINEAR SCHRODINGER APPROXIMATION; PULSE AMPLIFICATION; SOFTWARE PACKAGE MIRO;

HIGH POWER LASERS;

EID: 0043200998     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1574326     Document Type: Article

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