Modeling of end-pumped Yb: YAG thin-disk lasers with nonuniform temperature distribution

Applied Optics

Volumn 51, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 2521-2531

  Zhu, Guangzhi ^a   Zhu, Xiao ^a   Zhu, Changhong ^a   Shang, Jianli ^a   Wan, Hailin ^a   Guo, Fei ^a   Qi, Lijun ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT CONDUCTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SOLID STATE LASERS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; YTTERBIUM;

ANALYTIC EXPRESSIONS; COUPLER REFLECTIVITY; CRYSTAL THICKNESS; DOPANT CONCENTRATIONS; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; HEAT CONDUCTION EQUATIONS; LASER OUTPUT INTENSITY; NUMERICAL ITERATIVE METHODS;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 84861349997     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.51.002521     Document Type: Article

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