Influence of minute self-absorption of a volume bragg grating used as a laser mirror

Tanant Waritanant, Te Yuan Chung

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Abstract

A laser system with low output power using a volume Bragg grating (VBG) of photothermal refractive glass and of high diffraction efficiency (0.994) as one of the end mirrors is demonstrated. The minute absorption of the VBG causes changes in various aspects of the laser performance including laser output power, shifting of laser wavelength, chirped grating period, and surface deformation of the VBG. Finite element analysis and T-matrix simulations indicate that the minute absorption of the VBG can induce changes in the thermal, mechanical, and optical properties, which are responsible for the phenomena observed in the experiments.

Original languageEnglish
Article number5723053
Pages (from-to)390-397
Number of pages8
JournalIEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
Volume47
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011

Keywords

  • Holographic gratings
  • laser thermal factors

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