• DocumentCode
    3518549
  • Title

    Thermal lensing in end-pumped Nd:YAG under lasing and nonlasing conditions

  • Author

    Pollnau, Markus ; Clarkson, W.A. ; Hanna, D.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    3-8 May 1998
  • Firstpage
    100
  • Lastpage
    101
  • Abstract
    Summary form only given. We show that at high excitation densities typically found under nonlasing conditions, Q-switched operation, or operation as an amplifier, interionic upconversion can have a very significant influence on the population mechanisms of the Nd:YAG laser system, resulting in much stronger thermal lensing.
  • Keywords
    Q-switching; neodymium; optical pumping; population inversion; solid lasers; thermal blooming; Nd:YAG laser system; Q-switched operation; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; end-pumped Nd:YAG lasing; high excitation densities; interionic upconversion; laser amplifier; nonlasing conditions; population mechanisms; stronger thermal lensing; thermal lensing; Amplitude modulation; Blades; Optical arrays; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements; Pulse modulation; Pulse shaping methods; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1998. CLEO 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-339-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.1998.675920
  • Filename
    675920
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3518549