Title :
Specificity of Thermal Lensing in Laser Ceramics
Author :
Snetkov, Ilya ; Mukhin, Ivan ; Palashov, Oleg ; Khazanov, Efim
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Appl. Phys., Nizhny Novgorod
Abstract :
We developed a model of thermal lens in laser ceramics, which takes into account random nature of grains orientation. Analytical equations for thermally induced phase predict beam phase modulation with characteristic scale of about grain size.
Keywords :
ceramics; grain size; optical materials; self-phase modulation; thermal lensing; beam phase modulation; grain size; grains orientation; laser ceramics; random nature; specificity; thermal lensing; Ceramics; Crystallography; Crystals; Grain size; Laser modes; Laser theory; Lenses; Optical modulation; Polarization; Thermal lensing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452871
