DocumentCode
133298
Title
Simulation of polarization effects in solid state lasers and amplifiers
Author
Pflaum, Christoph ; Hartmann, Rainer ; Graupeter, Thomas
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci. 10, Friedrich-Alexander-Univ. Erlangen-Nurnberg, Nürnberg, Germany
fYear
2014
fDate
1-4 Sept. 2014
Firstpage
125
Lastpage
126
Abstract
Polarization effects in laser crystals like Nd:YAG have a strong influence on output power and beam quality of laser resonators and laser amplifiers. Simulation techniques to analyze these effects are presented.
Keywords
laser beams; laser cavity resonators; light polarisation; neodymium; solid lasers; YAG:Nd; beam quality; laser amplifiers; laser crystals; laser resonators; output power; polarization effects; solid state lasers; Crystals; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical resonators; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD), 2014 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Palma de Mallorca
ISSN
2158-3234
Print_ISBN
978-1-4799-3681-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NUSOD.2014.6935388
Filename
6935388
Link To Document