Title :
Updating of temperature coefficients of refractive index in Nd:GdVO4 and Nd:YVO4
Author :
Sato, Yuuki ; Taira, Takunori
Author_Institution :
Laser Res. Center for Mol. Sci., Inst. for Mol. Sci., Okazaki, Japan
Abstract :
Experimental errors in the interferometric evaluation for temperature coefficient of refractive index (dn/dT) were studied. We updated dn/dT of Nd:vanadates with the reduction of experimental errors from 7.8% to 1.5% compared to our previous report.
Keywords :
gadolinium compounds; neodymium; refractive index; yttrium compounds; GdVO4:Nd; YVO4:Nd; interferometric evaluation; refractive index; temperature coefficient; Heating; Laser theory; Measurement by laser beam; Media; Refractive index; Solid lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
