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Laser gain medium and cavity dynamics

  • 12 April 2022
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Can Zemax POP model laser cavity dynamics such as when a steady state convergence is achieved? Can POP using DLL, or ZPL model laser gain material and impacts onto propagated beam?

Any insight is appreciated.

 

 

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Best answer by Mark.Nicholson 12 April 2022, 19:35

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You can certainly model gain. Create a new material in the Materials Catalog:

 

and set its transmission >1 as a function of wavelength.

POP works in sequential mode, so you’ll need to define a series of surfaces for each pass. Pickups and copy/paste are your friends!

  • Mark

Thanks Mark.Nicholson! I had no idea you could set transmission greater than 1 in Zemax. That sounds like a perfect solution.

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