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The thermal lensing in a Nd:YAG crystal slab end-pumped with a beam brought to a lhe focus is profiled. The thermal lens strengths for absorbed pump powers of up to 12 W are measured. Implications for lasers built around this end-pumped confguration are discussed.
© 1998 Optical Society of America
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