GLAD Short Course Oct 16-18, 2013, Shanghai, China. Registration Dec 11-13, 2013, San Diego, CA. Registration GLAD is the acknowledged leader in physical optics and laser modeling. Learn to master this important field and the GLAD program in a three-day course. Instructors: Dr. George N. Lawrence, d...

Applied Optics Research Maker of GLAD laser and physical optics software GLAD is the state-of-the-art in physical optics and laser analysis software.GLAD is an acronym for General Laser Analysis and Design. The objective in developing GLAD has been to develop an easy-to-use program which can model e...

GLAD Examples These two examples illustrate some of optical systems that can be modeled by GLAD, click on one of the link below to get more information. Raman Amplifier Unstable Resonator Photonic Switch Q-switch, YAG laser ...

Zigzag amplifier. (Please wait for picture processing.) Optical beam passing through the zigzag amplifier by entering from the top and heading first to the right mirror. The beam makes ten reflections and five full cycles. Note the high intensity in the overlap region that leads to higher inversion ...

GLAD Features Modeling: Simple conventional systems or complex multiple laser beam trains Coherent and incoherent interactions Nonlinear gain models Lenses and mirrors: spherical, toroidal or cylindrical General aperture shapes Near- and far-field diffraction propagation Stable and unstable resonato...