Comprehensive modeling of the temperature-related laser performances of the amplifiers of the LUCIA laser

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 30, 2005, Pages 6412-6418

  Yu, Haiwu ^a,b   Bourdet, Gilbert ^a   Ferre, Serge ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b RESEARCH CENTER OF LASER FUSION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENERGY STORAGE; HEAT EXCHANGERS; LASERS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SOLID STATE LASERS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WAVEFRONTS;

GAIN MEDIUM; HEAT EXCHANGE; LASER PERFORMANCES; OPTICAL EFFICIENCY;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 27944440568     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.006412     Document Type: Article

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