• DocumentCode
    1096979
  • Title

    Pulsed gain and thermal lensing of Nd:LiYF4

  • Author

    Murray, James E.

  • Author_Institution
    Lawrence Livermore Lab., Univ. of Calif., Livermore, CA, USA
  • Volume
    19
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1983
  • fDate
    4/1/1983 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    488
  • Lastpage
    491
  • Abstract
    Measurements show that a 1 cm diameter Nd:YLF rod amplifier produces extremely weak thermal lensing when pulse pumped at 3 Hz to a gain of 13 at 1053 nm. Direct comparison with Nd:YAG indicates much weaker thermal lensing effects for both ordinary and extraordinary polarizations in Nd:YLF.
  • Keywords
    Laser amplifiers; Laser thermal factors; Laser-beam focusing; YLF lasers; Gain measurement; Glass; Neodymium; Optical amplifiers; Oscillators; Polarization; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Thermal lensing; US Government;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1983.1071924
  • Filename
    1071924
    • Link To Document
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