• DocumentCode
    2251106
  • Title

    Simultaneous compensation of birefringence and thermal lensing effect in a high average power Nd:YAG amplifier

  • Author

    Bhushan, Ravi ; Tsubakimoto, Koji ; Yoshida, Hidetsugu ; Fujita, Hisanori ; Nakatsuka, Masahiro

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Laser Eng., Osaka Univ., Osaka
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    26-31 Aug. 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Thermally induced birefringence and thermal lensing in Nd:YAG rod amplifier was compensated by a 90deg rotator with three sets of imaging optics. Experimentally, 2.8% single pass birefringence loss was achieved and a nearly diffraction limited amplified output was observed.
  • Keywords
    birefringence; laser beams; neodymium; solid lasers; thermal lensing; 90deg rotator; YAG:Nd; birefringence compensation; diffraction limited amplified output; imaging optics; power diode-pumped rod amplifier; thermal lensing effect; Birefringence; High power amplifiers; Laser beams; Lenses; Optical amplifiers; Optical imaging; Optical polarization; Relays; Thermal engineering; Thermal lensing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Seoul
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1173-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1174-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391699
  • Filename
    4391699
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2251106