Modeling and Simulation of Laser Systems II: 23-24 January 1991, Los Angeles, California, Volume 2Alvin D. Schnurr |
Contents
LASER COUPLING | 23 |
NONLINEAR OPTICAL SYSTEMS | 61 |
ATMOSPHERIC PROPAGATION | 127 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
aberrations absorbed absorption adaptive optics amplifier amplitude analysis aperture band beacon beam propagation calculations cavity dumping CO2 laser coefficient collimated coupling crystal curvature dependence detector diameter diffraction diffraction limited diode distribution effect electron energy equation equivalent Gaussian experimental field fluence focal four-wave mixing Fresnel number function GaAs Gaussian beam geometric hologram holographic image incident input intensity interaction intracavity iodine irradiation junction lasers Kane model laser beam laser cavity laser pulse laser radiation laser system lens linear matrix measured medium mirror mode modulator Nd:YAG laser nonlinear nonlinear optical optical train oscillator parameters phase conjugation photocathode photodissociation photons Phys plane polarization predicted pulse duration pump Q-switched radius resonator scale self-focusing sensor shown in Figure simulation spatial frequency Stokes Strehl ratio substrate surface temperature thermal blooming threshold top-hat beam transverse transverse modes tungsten turbulence wave wavefront wavelength