Thermal effects in Cr 2+:ZnSe thin disk lasers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 713-720

  Schepler, Kenneth L ^a,b,c   Peterson, Rita D ^a   Berry, Patrick A ^a,d   McKay, Jason B ^a,e  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^c AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^e University of Dayton ^*

Author keywords

Laser thermal factors; Lasers; Transition metals; Zinc compounds

Indexed keywords

LASER THERMAL FACTORS; NONRADIATIVE RELAXATION; PHASE SHIFT INTERFEROMETRY; THERMAL LENSING;

INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; PHASE SHIFT; PUMPING (LASER); THERMOANALYSIS; TRANSITION METALS; VIDEODISKS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 27344447767     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2005.850570     Document Type: Article

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