Title :
Experimental compensation of thermally induced stress birefringence in solid state laser rods
Author :
Osterink, L.M. ; Foster, J.D.
Author_Institution :
Sylvania Electronic Systems, Mountain View, Calif.
Abstract :
Transverse thermal gradients occurring in optically pumped solid state laser rods result in both stress birefringence and bifocusing (1,2,3). In practice, these phenomena cause large polarization losses and also limit the power obtainable in the TEM00mode.
Keywords :
Birefringence; Solid lasers; Thermal stresses;
Conference_Titel :
Electron Devices Meeting, 1969 International
DOI :
10.1109/IEDM.1969.188131
