Citation
Sl. Huang et al., Measurement of temperature gradient in diode-laser-pumped high-power solid-state laser by low-coherence reflectometry, APPL PHYS L, 73(23), 1998, pp. 3342-3344
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
00036951
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Volume
73
Issue
23
Year of publication
1998
Pages
3342 - 3344
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(199812)73:23<3342:MOTGID>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
A noninvasive technique was developed to measure the temperature distributi
on in laser gain medium. Both axial and radial temperature distributions of
a diode-laser-pumped and intracavity frequency-doubled high-power Nd:YVO4/
KTP laser were characterized using a high dynamic range, low-coherence refl
ectometer. This measurement is important to the design of high-power solid-
state lasers both in terms of mode matching and laser-rod doping selection.
(C) 1998 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(98)03649-3].