• DocumentCode
    1829339
  • Title

    Nd:YALO-amplifier above 100 watts average output power with high beam quality via phase conjugation

  • Author

    Eichler, H.J. ; Haase, A. ; Macdonald, R. ; Menzel, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Opt. Inst., Tech. Univ. Berlin, Germany
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    25-29 Jul 1994
  • Firstpage
    356
  • Lastpage
    357
  • Abstract
    We set up a single rod amplifier based on a YA1O3-crystal with 9.5 mm diameter, 152 mm length and 1.0 at.% neodymium doping as the active material. This Nd:YALO crystal is optically highly anisotropic and shows therefore no remarkable stress birefringence. On the other hand, the thermal lensing of this material is roughly two times higher than for Nd:YAG. This disadvantage of a higher thermal lensing could be compensated with the phase conjugating mirror
  • Keywords
    laser beams; neodymium; optical phase conjugation; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; 100 W; 152 mm; 9.5 mm; Nd doping; Nd:YALO-amplifier; YA1O3-crystal; YAlO3:Nd; active material; average output power; high beam quality; optically highly anisotropic crystal; phase conjugating mirror; phase conjugation; single rod amplifier; thermal lensing; Crystalline materials; Doping; Geometrical optics; Neodymium; Optical amplifiers; Optical materials; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Stimulated emission; Thermal lensing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals, and Applications, 1994. NLO '94 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Waikoloa, HI
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-1473-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NLO.1994.470781
  • Filename
    470781
    • Link To Document
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