Thermo-optical (TOP) analysis by coupling FEM and ray tracing

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8429, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Gatej, Alexander ^a   Wasselowski, Johannes ^a   Loosen, Peter ^a,b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR LASER TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

dn dT; FEM; inhomogeneous media; laser; ray tracing; thermal lens; thermo optic

Indexed keywords

DN/DT; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; INHOMOGENEOUS MEDIA; LASER TECHNOLOGIES; OPTICAL SIMULATION; RAY TRACING SIMULATION; SCATTERED DATA APPROXIMATION; THERMAL LENS; THERMO-OPTICAL; THERMOOPTICS; TWO SPACE DIMENSIONS;

CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; DATA HANDLING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASERS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

RAY TRACING;

EID: 84863570043     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.921533     Document Type: Conference Paper

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