3-D TECATE/BREW: Thermal, stress, and birefringent ray-tracing codes for solid-state laser design
Abstract
This report describes the physics, code formulations, and numerics that are used in the TECATE (totally Eulerian code for anisotropic thermo-elasticity) and BREW (birefringent ray-tracing of electromagnetic waves) codes for laser design. These codes resolve thermal, stress, and birefringent optical effects in 3-D stationary solid-state systems. This suite of three constituent codes is a package referred to as LASRPAK.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- July 1994
- Bibcode:
- 1994STIN...9522301G
- Keywords:
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- Birefringence;
- Computer Programs;
- Computerized Simulation;
- Design Analysis;
- Laser Beams;
- Ray Tracing;
- Solid State Lasers;
- Thermal Stresses;
- Three Dimensional Models;
- Anisotropy;
- Boundary Conditions;
- Computational Grids;
- Grid Generation (Mathematics);
- Matrices (Mathematics);
- Optical Properties;
- Wave Equations;
- Lasers and Masers