DocumentCode
405440
Title
Thermal lensing compensation of diode laser pumping high power Nd: YAG laser
Author
Shin, Seong Sook ; Jang, Won Kweon ; Lee, Sungman
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys., Hanseo Univ., Seosan, South Korea
Volume
1
fYear
2003
fDate
15-19 Dec. 2003
Abstract
The compensation of thermal lensing effect in diode pumping high power cw Nd: YAG laser was achieved by using wave-plate inside cavity. Ray matrix simulation and experiments showed TEM00 mode operation and improved beam quality factor.
Keywords
laser cavity resonators; laser modes; matrix algebra; neodymium; optical pumping; optical retarders; semiconductor lasers; thermal lensing; yttrium compounds; Nd: YAG laser; TEM00 mode; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; diode laser pumping; laser cavity; ray matrix simulation; thermal lensing compensation; wave-plate; Diode lasers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Neodymium; Optical retarders; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Q factor; Thermal lensing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7766-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1274676
Filename
1274676
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