Thermal effects in high-power Nd:YAG disk-type solid state laser

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1006-1015

  Yang, Huomu ^a   Feng, Guoying ^a   Zhou, Shouhuan ^a,b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTH CHINA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRO OPTICS   (China)

Author keywords

Finite element method; High power disk type laser; Thermal effects

Indexed keywords

DISK LASERS; DISK-TYPE; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; HIGH-POWER; HIGH-POWER DISK-TYPE LASER; ND: YAG; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPTICAL PHASE; PHASE VARIATION; PUMP BEAMS; PUMP POWER; STRESS DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL LENSING; THERMALLY INDUCED BIREFRINGENCE; TRANSVERSE PROFILE;

BIREFRINGENCE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NEODYMIUM; NEODYMIUM LASERS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PUMPING (LASER); SOLID STATE LASERS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

LASER BEAM EFFECTS;

EID: 79952622003     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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