• 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