Modeling and designing of a side-pumped composite Yb:YAG/YAG hexagonal disk laser

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7721, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Javadi Dashcasan, M ^a   Hajiesmaeilbaigi, F ^b   Barati, E ^a   Aghaeifar, F ^a   Roozbehani, M ^b  

^a IRANIAN NATIONAL CENTER FOR LASER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Side pumped Ray tracing method; Thin disk laser; YB:YAG

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION EFFICIENCY; DISK LASERS; EFFECTIVE PARAMETERS; GAIN MEDIUM; HEAT SOURCES; LASER SYSTEMS; OUTPUT POWER; PUMP LIGHT; QUASI-THREE-LEVEL; RAY-TRACING METHOD; SIDE-PUMPED; THIN-DISK LASERS; YAG; ZIG-ZAG PATH;

ABSORPTION; DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PUMPING (LASER); PUMPS; RAY TRACING; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOANALYSIS; YTTERBIUM;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 77957883157     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.854227     Document Type: Conference Paper

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