Modeling of continuous wave intracavity Raman lasers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 756-763

  Spence, David J ^a   Dekker, Peter ^a   Pask, Helen M ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Frequency conversion; Numerical modeling; Raman lasers; Solid state lasers; Stimulated Raman scattering (SRS)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTONS; RAMAN SCATTERING;

NUMERICAL MODELING; RAMAN LASERS; RAMAN THRESHOLD;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

EID: 34250777084     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.897176     Document Type: Article

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