The effect of temperature on absorption in end-pumped Yb:YAG thin disk lasers

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 800-803

  Toroghi, Seyfollah ^a   Jafari, Ahmad Khayat ^a   Golpayegani, Ala Hashemi ^a  

^a Laser Science and Technology National Laboratory   (Iran)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo ray tracing; Temperature dependent absorption; Thin disk laser

Indexed keywords

2-D FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSIS; ABSORBED POWER; ABSORPTION CROSS SECTIONS; ANSYS PACKAGES; BOLTZMANN; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURES; END-PUMPED; MONTE CARLO RAY TRACING; QUASI THREE LEVELS; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT ABSORPTION; THIN-DISK LASER; YB:YAG CRYSTALS;

ABSORPTION; DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PUMPING (LASER); SOLID STATE LASERS; THERMOANALYSIS; YTTERBIUM;

THERMAL EFFECTS;

EID: 64849091640     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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