Laser resonator with balanced thermal lenses

An adaptive negative thermal lens that compensates for the power-dependent positive thermal lens in a transversally diode-pumped 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.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Optics communications 2001-04, Vol.190 (1), p.327-331
Hauptverfasser:	Graf, Th, Wyss, E, Roth, M, Weber, H.P
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adaptive optics Compensation for the thermally induced lens Diode-pumped lasers Doped-insulator lasers and other solid state lasers Exact sciences and technology Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications) Laser optical systems: design and operation Lasers Optics Physics Resonators, cavities, amplifiers, arrays, and rings Thermal lens
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Zusammenfassung:	An adaptive negative thermal lens that compensates for the power-dependent positive thermal lens in a transversally diode-pumped 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.
ISSN:	0030-4018 1873-0310
DOI:	10.1016/S0030-4018(01)01111-7