Title :
Simulation of pumping uniformity and thermal effect in slab amplifier with end-pumping structure
Author :
Hou, Junyan ; Wang, Yuefeng ; Chen, Weibiao
Author_Institution :
Teaching & Res. Sect. of Opt. Eng., Ordnance Eng. Coll., Shijiazhuang, China
Abstract :
Modeling of end-pumping high power solid-state slab amplifier is presented. The absorbed pump power profile is simulated via ray trace method of ZEMAX. The resulting thermal and stress distributions are calculated with LAS-CAD.
Keywords :
laser beams; optical pumping; ray tracing; solid lasers; stress analysis; thermal analysis; LAS-CAD; ZEMAX; end pumping high power solid state slab amplifier; end pumping structure; pumping uniformity; ray trace method; stress distribution; thermal distribution; thermal effect; Diodes; High power amplifiers; Laser excitation; Optical amplifiers; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Slabs; Solid lasers; Solid modeling; end-pumping structure; laser; slab amplifier; temperature distributing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292576
