Third party funded individual grant
Start date : 01.10.2025
End date : 30.09.2028
Simulating the electromagnetic wave of a laser beam is challenging
task, which is needed to optimize certain types of solid-state lasers.
For this purpose, new time-dynamic and three-dimensional simulation
techniques are required. The aim of the research project is to develop
such simulation techniques and apply them to lasers that cannot be
optimized with current simulation methods. Examples of such lasers
are lasers with unstable cavities and passive Q-switches and lasers
with special output mirrors. Applications of such lasers can be found
in optical metrology and medical applications. The new simulation
techniques should enable an accurate simulation of both the
amplitude and the phase of the laser beam, such that far field and
beam quality can be calculated and optimized. Aside from that, other
technical parameters such as pulse width, pulse energy and repetition
rate of pulsed lasers should be calculated accurately.