Generation of radially polarized beams based on thermal analysis of a working cavity

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 18302-18309

  He, Guangyuan ^a   Guo, Jing ^a   Wang, Biao ^a   Jiao, Zhongxing ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYSTERESIS LOOPS; LASER BEAMS; NEODYMIUM; PUMPING (LASER); THERMOANALYSIS;

A-THERMAL; HIGH-POWER; LASER OSCILLATIONS; ND : YAG LASERS; POLARIZATION BEHAVIOR; POLARIZED LASER BEAMS; RADIALLY POLARIZED BEAM; SIDE-PUMPED; STABILITY DIAGRAM; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; THERMAL HYSTERESIS LOOP;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 80052711831     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.018302     Document Type: Article

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