Synthetic diamond as an intracavity heatspreader in compact solid-state lasers

Author

Millar, P. ; Kemp, A.J. ; van Loon, F. ; Maclean, A.J. ; Burns, D.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow

fYear

2007

fDate

17-22 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

In this paper, we study the use of intracavity diamond particularly synthetic single crystal diamond for thermal management in compact lasers. And we discuss the finite element thermal modelling of compact diode-pumped disk lasers, both with doped-dielectric and semiconductor gain media. In addition we also present an experimental comparison between synthetic diamond types: chemical vapour deposition (CVD) grown single crystal diamond and high-temperature, high-pressure grown single crystal diamond.

Keywords

chemical vapour deposition; diamond; finite element analysis; laser cavity resonators; optical pumping; solid lasers; thermal management (packaging); C; CVD growth; chemical vapour deposition; compact solid-state lasers; diode-pumped disk lasers; doped-dielectric media; finite element thermal modelling; intracavity heatspreader; semiconductor gain media; synthetic single crystal diamond; thermal management; Birefringence; Chemical lasers; Energy management; Gas lasers; Laser modes; Polarization; Semiconductor diodes; Semiconductor lasers; Solid lasers; Thermal management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4385883

Filename

4385883