Title :
Master-oscillator-power-amplifier laser with adaptive aberration correction
Author :
Buske, I. ; Heuck, H.-M. ; Huve, J. ; Zimer, H. ; Wittrock, U.
Author_Institution :
Photonics Lab., Univ. of Appl. Sci. Munster, Steinfurt, Germany
Abstract :
Summary from only given. The master oscillator is a diode-pumped, almost diffraction limited Nd:YVO/sub 4/ laser. We used a birefringence-compensation scheme consisting of relay-imaging telescope with two lenses and a quartz-rotator to eliminate the stress-induced birefringence of the two Nd:YAG amplifiers. This birefringence and the resulting depolarization is the strongest aberration in Nd:YAG lasers.
Keywords :
adaptive optics; birefringence; compensation; light polarisation; neodymium; optical rotation; solid lasers; telescopes; Nd:YAG lasers; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; YVO/sub 4/:Nd; adaptive aberration correction; birefringence-compensation scheme; depolarization; diode-pumped diffraction limited Nd:YVO/sub 4/ laser; master-oscillator-power-amplifier laser; quartz-rotator; relay-imaging telescope; stress-induced birefringence; Actuators; Adaptive optics; Birefringence; Laser beams; Laser theory; Mirrors; Optical amplifiers; Power generation; Shape; Voltage;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2002.1033989
