• DocumentCode
    1906797
  • Title

    Thermal and non-thermal lensing of Yb:YAG and Tm:YAG thin slab laser gain media

  • Author

    Fulford, B.S. ; Hall, D.R. ; Lee, J. ; Baker, H.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Heriot-Watt Eng. Doctorate Centre, Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    12-16 May 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    This paper aims to demonstrate the non-thermal lensing component of intensely pumped Yb:YAG and Tm:YAG thin slabs. To the author´s knowledge, this is the first time the method has been used to investigate the electronic lensing component for the thin slab architecture.
  • Keywords
    optical pumping; solid lasers; thermal lensing; thulium; ytterbium; Tm:YAG thin slab laser gain media; YAG:Tm; YAG:Yb; Yb:YAG thin slab laser gain media; electronic lensing component; nonthermal lensing; thermal lensing; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Lenses; Pump lasers; Refractive index; Slabs; Thermal lensing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC), 2013 Conference on and International Quantum Electronics Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-0593-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6800639
  • Filename
    6800639
    • Link To Document
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