Exploiting thermal effects in high-power lasers

Thomas Graf; Eduard Wyss; Marc Schmid; Heinz P. Weber

doi:10.1117/12.424657

24 April 2001 Exploiting thermal effects in high-power lasers

Thomas Graf, Eduard Wyss, Marc Schmid, Heinz P. Weber

Proceedings Volume 4270, Laser Resonators IV; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.424657
Event: Photonics West 2001 - LASE, 2001, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

An adaptive negative thermal lens that compensates for the power-dependent positive thermal lens in a transversally diodepumped Nd:YAG laser rod is presented. We demonstrate that the proposed technique leads to a reduction of the total thermal lens by more than an order of magnitude. In addition we propose a novel method to obtain a linearly polarised output beam from a Nd:YAG laser without a compensation for the thermally induced birefringence.

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Thomas Graf, Eduard Wyss, Marc Schmid, and Heinz P. Weber "Exploiting thermal effects in high-power lasers", Proc. SPIE 4270, Laser Resonators IV, (24 April 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.424657

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