Title :
End-side pumped solar laser by a fused silica light guide assembly
Author :
Bernardes, P.H. ; Liang, D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Fisica, Univ. Nova de Lisboa, Campus de Caparica, Portugal
Abstract :
By a novel light guide assembly, the concentrated solar energy was efficiently transmitted and focused into an intense light column, uniform in flux distribution, within a Nd:YAG rod. Both beam quality and stability was improved.
Keywords :
laser beams; laser stability; neodymium; optical materials; optical pumping; solar energy concentrators; solid lasers; Nd:YAG rod; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; compound parabolic concentrator; end-side pumped solar laser; fused silica light guide assembly; laser beam quality; laser stability; light column; Assembly; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser stability; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Shape; Silicon compounds; Solar energy; Solid lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1548966
