Thermal distribution calculation in diode pumped Nd:YAG laser rod by boundary element method

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 46-52

  Sovizi, M ^a   Massudi, R ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Boundary element method; Laser

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; HEAT TRANSFER; PUMPING (LASER); REFRACTIVE INDEX; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

HEAT TRANSFER EQUATIONS; PUMPING BEAM; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL DISTRIBUTION;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 33748313146     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2005.05.010     Document Type: Article

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