• DocumentCode
    2064019
  • Title

    Investigations of thermal effects in Nd:YAG ceramics under high heat load

  • Author

    Kaskow, M. ; Gorajek, Lukasz ; Jabczynski, J.K. ; Kwiatkovvski, J. ; Zendzian, W.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Optoelectron., Warsaw, Poland
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    22-26 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    The aims of work were theoretical analysis of thermo-optic effects occurring inside Nd:YAG ceramic gain elements and its experimental verification under high heat loads. For theoretical analysis we have applied the semi-analytical models based on thermo-elasticity theory and compared it to results obtained applying COMSOL Multiphysics software. Thermally induced distortions, stresses and birefringence were calculated for several gain elements of rod, disk and slab shapes.
  • Keywords
    birefringence; neodymium; optical computing; solid lasers; thermo-optical effects; thermoelasticity; COMSOL multiphysics software; Nd:YAG ceramics; YAG:Nd; birefringence; disk shape; gain elements; high heat load; rod shape; semianalytical models; slab shape; stresses; thermally induced distortions; thermo-optic effects; thermoelasticity theory; Ceramics; Laboratories;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • ISSN
    Pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0533-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942832
  • Filename
    5942832