Pressure tuning of thermal lensing for high-power scaling

Authors
Liao, Y Miller, RJD Armstrong, MR
Citation
Y. Liao et al., Pressure tuning of thermal lensing for high-power scaling, OPTICS LETT, 24(19), 1999, pp. 1343-1345
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01469592 → ACNP
Volume
24
Issue
19
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1343 - 1345
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(19991001)24:19<1343:PTOTLF>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
A new concept is introduced whereby thermal stresses generated through the pumping process are canceled by an applied force. By use of a Nd:YVO4 disk laser as a model system, significant reduction of thermal lensing and defor mation is demonstrated as a function of applied pressure, and the output po wer (19 W TEM00) is limited only by the available pump power. (C) 1999 Opti cal Society of America.