THERMAL LENS CORRECTION OF A DIODE-PUMPED NDYAG LASER OF HIGH TEM(00)POWER BY AN ADJUSTABLE-CURVATURE MIRROR

Authors
GREINER UJ KLINGENBERG HH
Citation
Uj. Greiner et Hh. Klingenberg, THERMAL LENS CORRECTION OF A DIODE-PUMPED NDYAG LASER OF HIGH TEM(00)POWER BY AN ADJUSTABLE-CURVATURE MIRROR, Optics letters, 19(16), 1994, pp. 1207-1209
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
19
Issue
16
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1207 - 1209
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1994)19:16<1207:TLCOAD>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Highly efficient TEM00-mode laser power of 11.5 W was obtained by the diode-array side pumping of a Nd:YAG rod. We maintained efficient lase r operation at all pump powers by correcting for the changing thermal lens with an adjustable-curvature mirror.