Selected Publications

Saha S., Pflaum C.

Simulation of active q-switched solid-state lasers using Pockels cell

Solid State Lasers XXXIV: Technology and Devices, San Francisco, CA, 2025. In: W. A. Clarkson, R. K. Shori (eds.), SPIE, Bellingham, WA.

DOI: 10.1117/12.3038581

Saha S., Mackenzie J., Pflaum C.

Simulation of solid-state lasers with temperature and wavelength dependent absorption and emission

SPIE Computational Optics 2024, Strasbourg, France, 2024. Proceedings of SPIE.

DOI: 10.1117/12.3016718

Pflaum C.

Computation of Kerr lensing effect in laser amplifiers

Nonlinear Optics and its Applications 2022, 2022. In: N. G. R. Broderick, J. M. Dudley, A. C. Peacock (eds.), Proceedings of SPIE.

DOI: 10.1117/12.2620926

Pflaum C., Springer R.

Mode Dependent Laser Pulse Amplification: A Computational Approach in 3D

CLEO 2020, San Jose, USA, 2020.

DOI: 10.1364/cleo_at.2020.jw2b.5

Pflaum C.

A Beam Propagation Method for Distorted Gaussian Beams

PAMM — Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 2019.

DOI: 10.1002/pamm.201900034

Springer R., Alexeev I., Heberle J., Pflaum C.

Numerical simulation of short laser pulse amplification

Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 36 (2019), pp. 717–727. ISSN: 0740-3224.

DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.36.000717

Springer R., Pflaum C.

3D simulation and beam quality improvement of a pulsed Cr,Tm,Ho:YAG laser

Optics Express, 27 (2019), pp. 22898–22916. ISSN: 1094-4087.

DOI: 10.1364/OE.27.022898

Springer R., Pflaum C.

Simulation of Gain Narrowing for Near-Infrared Ultrashort Pulses

Ultrafast Optics XII, Bol, Croatia, 2019. Proceedings of SPIE.

Springer R., Pflaum C.

Dynamic mode analysis with arbitrary rate equations

Proceedings of SPIE, 2018.

Springer R., Alexeev I., Heberle J., Pflaum C.

Simulation of energy buildups in solid-state regenerative amplifiers for 2-micron emitting lasers

Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 10511, 2018.

Alexeev I., Pflaum C., Schmidt M.

New approaches in teaching laser engineering classes: modeling and building up a laser

Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 10452, 2017.

Pflaum C., Hartmann R., Rahimi Z.

Modeling and simulation of ultra-short pulse amplification

Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 9726, 2016.

Pflaum C.

Optical path difference of slanted edge diode-pumped Yb:YAG/YAG thin-disk laser

Proc. SPIE, Vol. 8959, 2014.

Pflaum C., Rahimi Z.

Modeling of semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors using dynamic mode analysis

Proc. SPIE, Vol. 8600, 2013.

DOI: 10.1117/12.2004005

Rahimi Z., Pflaum C.

Simulation of solid-state lasers with composites and ceramic crystals

Proc. SPIE, Vol. 8599, 2013.

DOI: 10.1117/12.2004076

Pflaum C., Rahimi Z., Fan F.

Dynamic multi-mode analysis of passive Q-switched lasers

Proc. SPIE, Vol. 8236, 823612, 2012.

Wohlmuth M., Pflaum C.

Analysis of frequency dependent pump light absorption

Proc. SPIE, Vol. 7913, 791303, 2011.

Wohlmuth M., Pflaum C.

Dynamic multimode analysis of high-power 3-level lasers

Physica Procedia, Vol. 5, Part 2, pp. 291–298, LANE 2010.

Wohlmuth M., Pflaum C., et al.

Dynamic 3D modeling of solid state laser resonators using a coupled thermo-optical finite element analysis

Proc. SPIE, Vol. 7578, 75782H, 2010.

DOI: 10.1117/12.841930

Wohlmuth M., Pflaum C., et al.

Dynamic multimode analysis of Q-switched solid state laser cavities

Optics Express, Vol. 17, Issue 20, pp. 17303–17316, 2009.

Wohlmuth M., Pflaum C., et al.

Finite Element Simulation of Solid State Laser Resonators

Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 7194, 2009.

Küblböck M., Sahil M., Brar J., Fattahi H.

Solar-pumped radiation-balanced laser

arXiv preprint, 2026. arXiv:2601.00649 [physics.optics].

arXiv:2601.00649

Metzger N. K., Lee W. M., Sulkas R.

Long-lifetime gain media as a path to low-cost high-energy lasers

Journal of Optics, 28 (2026), 075502.

DOI: 10.1088/2040-8986/ae81c0

Wei J., Eshelman E., Wang A., Medina W., Wei T., Sobron P.

WRANGL3R: A different type of laser for LIBS generation and lessons learned

55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC 2024), The Woodlands, TX, 2024. Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX. Abstract No. 2141.

López-Comazzi G., Rodríguez P., Moral A., Benito M., Belenguer T.

Designing and prototyping pulsed lasers for remote Raman spectroscopy

International Conference on Space Optics (ICSO 2024), Antibes Juan-les-Pins, France, 2024. In: F. Bernard, N. Karafolas, P. Kubik, K. Minoglou (eds.), Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 13699, SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2025.

DOI: 10.1117/12.3075188

Cai Z., Zhao C., Zhao Z., Yao X., Zhang H., Zhang Z.

Highly efficient solar laser pumping using a solar concentrator combining a Fresnel lens and modified parabolic mirror

Energies, 15 (2022), No. 5, 1792.

DOI: 10.3390/en15051792

Qu S., Paudel A., Sebesta A., Steinleitner P., Nagl N., Poetzlberger M., Pervak V., Mak K. F., Weigel A.

Directly diode-pumped femtosecond Cr:ZnS amplifier with ultra-low intensity noise

Optics Letters, 47 (2022), pp. 6217–6220.

DOI: 10.1364/OL.475438

Yang J., Kim J. W., Sall E. G., Lee B., Jeong B., Park S., Kim C., Yashin V. E., Kim G. H.

Femtosecond laser system based on thin rod active Yb:YAG elements with high average output power and pulse energy

Quantum Electronics, 51 (2021), pp. 873–877.

DOI: 10.1070/QEL17622

Löhring J., Strotkamp M., Elsen F., Kasemann R., Klein J., Traub M., Kochem G., Meissner A., Höfer M., Hoffmann D.

Demonstration of a 500 mJ InnoSlab amplifier for future lidar applications

Solid State Lasers XXV: Technology and Devices, San Francisco, CA, 2016. Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 9726, SPIE, Bellingham, WA.

DOI: 10.1117/12.2211029