Investigation of Faraday isolator and Faraday mirror designs for multi-kilowatt power lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4968, Issue , 2003, Pages 115-126

  Khazanov, Efim ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Faraday isolator; Faraday mirror; High power effects; TGG ceramics; Thermally induced depolarization

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; BIREFRINGENCE; CERAMIC MATERIALS; FARADAY EFFECT; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FIBERS;

FARADAY ISOLATORS; POWER EFFECTS;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0141605322     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.478319     Document Type: Conference Paper

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