Compensation of polarization distortion of a laser beam in a four-pass Nd:glass amplifier by using a Faraday rotator

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 216-221

  Lee, Jae Yong ^a   Kim, Hyun Su ^a   Urn, Ki Young ^a   Park, Jong Rak ^a   Kong, Hong Jin ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Optical amplifiers; Polarization; Rare earth and transition metal solid state lasers

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); BIREFRINGENCE; GLASS TRANSITION; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL SWITCHES; RARE EARTHS; SOLID STATE LASERS; TRANSITION METALS;

FARADAY ROTATORS; INTENSITY PROFILES; LASER RODS; ND:GLASS AMPLIFIERS; OUTPUT PULSE; PERFORMANCE; RARE-EARTH AND TRANSITION METAL SOLID-STATE LASERS; SPATIAL INTENSITY; TEMPORAL PROFILE; THERMALLY INDUCED BIREFRINGENCE;

GLASS;

EID: 85135264418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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