• DocumentCode
    3553050
  • 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.
  • Volume
    15
  • fYear
    1969
  • fDate
    1969
  • Firstpage
    70
  • Lastpage
    70
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electron Devices Meeting, 1969 International
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEDM.1969.188131
  • Filename
    1476012
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3553050