Accession Number:

AD0915700

Title:

Laser Resonator Model-Finite Difference Method

Descriptive Note:

User's manual 1 Jun-21 Nov 1973

Corporate Author:

HUGHES RESEARCH LABS MALIBU CA

Personal Author(s):

• South, Charles
• Rensch, David B.

Report Date:

1973-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

208.0

Abstract:

Three computer programs are described which allow the study of optical properties of two dimensional laser resonators. Two of the programs treat the propagation of an electric field inside an optical resonator there are two methods for propagating an arbitrary electric field, and couple the propagating fields to a specified laser medium which may be nonuniform, transversely flowing, saturable, and inhomogeneous. The propagation technique includes diffraction effects throughout the laser medium. Both programs provide output beam characteristics and output power. The third program calculates far field beam characteristics for the laser output. Some of the features offered the user are a restart facility for long runs, arbitrary location of the medium in the resonator cavity, and capacity for mirror tilt on either or both mirrors.

Descriptors:

• *COMPUTER PROGRAMS
• *LASER BEAMS
• *LASER CAVITIES
• *RESONATORS
• ALGORITHMS
• CAVITY RESONATORS
• COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
• DIFFRACTION
• ELECTRIC FIELDS
• FINITE DIFFERENCE THEORY
• FLOW CHARTING
• INSTRUCTION MANUALS
• LASERS
• MIRRORS
• OPTICAL PROPERTIES
• PROPAGATION
• THREE DIMENSIONAL
• TWO DIMENSIONAL

Subject Categories:

• Lasers and Masers
• Computer Programming and Software

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE