Prof. Dr. Christoph Pflaum

Computational Engineering

Department of Computer Science
Professorship for Numerical Simulation and High-Performance Computing

Raum 00.114
Cauerstraße 11
91058 Erlangen

Pflaum, C., Saha, S., & Metzger, N.K. (2026). Numerical simulation of long pulse amplification in solid-state laser amplifiers. In Andreas Erdmann, Nikolai P. Schmitt, Daniel G. Smith (Eds.), Computational Optics 2026 (pp. 1411007). Strasbourg, FR: Bellingham, WA: SPIE.

Saha, S., & Pflaum, C. (2025). Simulation of active q-switched solid-state lasers using Pockels cell. In W. Andrew Clarkson, Ramesh K. Shori (Eds.), Solid State Lasers XXXIV: Technology and Devices (pp. 133410B). San Francisco, CA, US: Bellingham, WA: SPIE.
Scherner-Grießhammer, R., & Pflaum, C. (2025). Solving PDEs With Variable Coefficients on Locally Adaptive Sparse Grids and Corresponding Refinement Strategies. In Adélia Sequeira, Ana Silvestre, Svilen S. Valtchev, João Janela (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering (pp. 350-359). Lisbon, PRT: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH.

Saha, S., Mackenzie, J., & Pflaum, C. (2024). Simulation of solid-state lasers with temperature and wavelength dependent absorption and emission. In Proceedings Computational Optics 2024. Strasbourg, France, FR: SPIE Digital Library.

Pflaum, C. (2022). Computation of Kerr lensing effect in laser amplifiers. In Neil G. R. Broderick, John M. Dudley, Anna C. Peacock (Eds.), Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. SPIE.
Pflaum, C., Rall, P.L., & Lindlein, N. (2022). Far field calculation of distorted Gaussian beams. Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision, 39(2), 198-205. https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.444710
Rall, P.L., Förster, D., Graf, T., & Pflaum, C. (2022). Simulation and compensation of thermal lensing in optical systems. Optics Express, 30(21), 38643-38662. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.467813

Rall, P.L., & Pflaum, C. (2021). Ray tracing in thermally loaded optical systems. In Volume21, Issue1 Special Issue: 92nd Annual Meeting of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (GAMM). Online / Kassel: Wiley Online Library.
Rall, P.L., & Pflaum, C. (2021). Simulation and compensation of thermal lensing in high power optical systems. In Proceedings of the SPIE Optical Systems Design 2021. Online.

Pflaum, C., & Springer, R. (2020). Mode Dependent Laser Pulse Amplification: A Computational Approach in 3D. In Proceedings of the CLEO 2020. San Jose, USA und online.
Rall, P.L., & Pflaum, C. (2020). Polarization ray tracing in thermally loaded solid-state laser crystals. Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics, Vol. 37(Issue 7). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.391216

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