Efficient adaptive self-starting Nd:YVO/sub 4/ gain grating laser oscillator

Author

Thompson, B.A. ; Minassian, A. ; Damzen, M.J. ; Hendricks, J.M. ; Hillier, D.I. ; Barrington, S.J. ; Shepherd, David P. ; Eason, Robert W.

Author_Institution

Blackett Lab., Imperial Coll. of Sci., UK

fYear

2002

fDate

24-24 May 2002

Firstpage

287

Abstract

Summary from only given. Self adaptive laser resonators based on laser induced gain gratings have successfully demonstrated correction of thermally induced aberrations in solid-state lasers. This technique has recently been shown to produce distortion corrected beams in a diode pumped, injected seeded system in Nd:YVO/sub 4/. This paper describes the first characterization of a fully self-starting, high power Nd:YVO/sub 4/ self adaptive laser without the requirement of an external seed source.

Keywords

aberrations; adaptive optics; diffraction gratings; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; neodymium; solid lasers; thermo-optical effects; yttrium compounds; Nd:YVO/sub 4/ gain grating laser oscillator; YVO/sub 4/:Nd; diode pumped; distortion corrected beams; fully self-starting; high power; injected seeded system; laser induced gain gratings; self adaptive laser; self adaptive laser resonators; solid-state lasers; thermally induced aberrations correction; Fiber lasers; Fires; Gratings; Heating; Optical arrays; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Optimized production technology; Oscillators; Solitons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-706-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2002.1033984

Filename

1033984