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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD), 2014 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Palma de Mallorca
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3681-6
DOI :
10.1109/NUSOD.2014.6935388