Title :
Sun-pumped Nd:YAG laser with excellent tracking error compensation capacity
Author :
Liang, Dawei ; Bernardes, Pedro ; Martins, Rui
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Fisica, Univ. Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Abstract :
A square light guide was used to transmit and homogenize the concentrated solar energy to a fused silica APC-CPC cavity fabricated directly on the guide output end. The laser power was insensitive to tracking errors.
Keywords :
error compensation; laser cavity resonators; neodymium; optical pumping; solar energy concentrators; solid lasers; Sun-pumped Nd:YAG laser; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; fused silica averaging pump cavity-compound parabolic concentrator cavity fabrication; laser power; solar energy concentration; square light guide; tracking error compensation capacity; Error compensation; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Mirrors; Optical pumping; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Silicon compounds; Solar energy; Solar radiation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8974-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1567828
