Polarisation-mode coupling in (100)-cut Nd:YAG

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 16342-16347

  McKay, Aaron ^a   Dawes, Judith M ^a   Park, Jong Dae ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PaiChai University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PUMPING;

ANISOTROPIC RATE EQUATION MODEL; CRYSTAL ANGLE;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 37149050175     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.016342     Document Type: Article

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