DocumentCode
3150212
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
fYear
2003
fDate
22-27 June 2003
Firstpage
41
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7734-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1312103
Filename
1312103
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