Thermal lensing of edge-pumped slab lasers-I

B. Chen; Y. Chen; J. Simmons; T. Y. Chung; M. Bass

doi:10.1007/s00340-005-2089-6

Thermal lensing of edge-pumped slab lasers-I

B. Chen, Y. Chen, J. Simmons, T. Y. Chung, M. Bass

Department of Optics and Photonics

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We present realistic calculations of thermal lensing in edge-pumped, Yb³⁺ doped yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG), slab lasers for both straight-through and zigzag propagation. Using ray tracing and finite element analysis we simulate the distributions of absorbed pump power, temperature, and stress. From these results we numerically calculate the induced lensing due to thermal and stress gradients. Effects on induced lensing of gaps in the diode pump source array and due to bonding undoped host crystal to the slab edges are presented.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	413-418
Number of pages	6
Journal	Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics
Volume	82
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-005-2089-6
State	Published - Mar 2006

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