Title :
End-pumped Nd:YAG laser with self-adaptive compensation of the thermal lens
Author :
Roth, M.S. ; Graf, Th. ; Weber, H.P.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Appl. Phys., Bern Univ., Switzerland
Abstract :
Our well approved fluid-based compensation method for thermal lenses was adapted to an end-pumped laser configuration and led to very promising experimental results. Recently we have successfully demonstrated the compensation of thermally induced lenses in transversally pumped laser rods by means of a self-adaptive compensating element (CE) placed inside the laser resonator.
Keywords :
adaptive optics; compensation; laser cavity resonators; neodymium; optical pumping; solid lasers; thermal lensing; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; end-pumped Nd:YAG laser; fluid-based compensation method; laser resonator; laser rods; self-adaptive compensation; thermal lens; Glass; Laser excitation; Lenses; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Thermal lensing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7734-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1312103
