Thermal Heating of a Semiconductor Saturable Absorber Mirror (SESAM)
Application ID: 143031
The thermal effects of a laser beam incident on a Semiconductor Saturable Absorber Mirror (SESAM) are simulated under a range of incident beam powers. This is done in two steps. The first study simulates the multiphysics combination of the saturated absorption of the beam on a SESAM, the resultant thermal heating, the structural deformation of the SESAM surface, and the effect this has on the wavefront curvature of the reflected beam. The second study fits the E-field of the reflected beam to extract the wavefront curvature change as a function of incident power.
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- COMSOL Multiphysics® and
- Wave Optics Module and
- either the MEMS Module, or Structural Mechanics Module
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