End-pumped Nd:YAG laser with self-adaptive compensation of the thermal lens

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1700-1703

  Roth, Michelle S ^a   Wyss, Eduard W ^a   Graf, Thomas ^a   Weber, Heinz P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Laser resonators; Laser stability; Laser thermal factors; Liquids; Nd:YAG; Thermooptic effects

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LASER RESONATORS; PUMPING (LASER); THERMAL EFFECTS;

LASER THERMAL FACTORS; THERMAL LENS; THERMOOPTIC EFFECTS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 10244229081     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2004.837322     Document Type: Article

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