Modeling of radiation-balanced continuous-wave laser oscillators

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 539-542

  Li, Chen ^a   Liu, Qiang ^a   Gong, Mali ^a   Chen, Gang ^a   Yan, Ping ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HEAT RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); SOLID STATE LASERS;

ALGEBRAIC EQUATIONS; RADIATION BALANCED CONTINUOUS WAVE LASER OSCILLATORS;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

EID: 10044234144     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.000539     Document Type: Article

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