Thermal conductivity measurements of laser crystals by infrared thermography. Application to Nd:doped crystals

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 8995-9010

  Didierjean, Julien ^a   Herault, Emilie ^a   Balembois, François ^a   Georges, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; PUMPING (LASER);

DOPED CRYSTALS; INFRA-RED CAMERAS; LASER CRYSTALS; LASER OPERATIONS; MEASUREMENT METHODS; ND:YAG CRYSTAL; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; THERMAL MAPPING;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

NEODYMIUM;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEODYMIUM; SCATTERING, RADIATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 45249120977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.008995     Document Type: Article

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