Calculation of thermal-gradient-induced stress birefringence in slab lasers - II

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 917-928

  Chen, Ying ^a,b   Chen, Bin ^a   Patel, Manoj K R ^a   Kar, Aravinda ^a   Bass, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CALCULATIONS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; PUMPING (LASER); THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMAL STRESS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

DEPOLARIZATION LOSS; SLAB LASERS; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 3142689750     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2004.830191     Document Type: Article

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