Expand this Topic clickable element to expand a topic
Skip to content
Optica Publishing Group

Optical distortion in end-pumped solid-state rod lasers

Not Accessible

Your library or personal account may give you access

Abstract

We explore the thermo-optical issues of mode-matched end-pumped lasers. A combination of analytical and numerical methods is used to extract practically useful scaling relations that characterize the thermally induced optical distortions and the thermal-stress operating limits in rod lasers pumped with super-Gaussian sources. The thermally induced spherical aberration is found to be overcorrected (focal length increases with radial position), weakly dependent on the axial profile, and strongly dependent on the super-Gaussian order. For high-order radial profiles it is shown that a significant portion of the extraction beam will operate aberration free. The effect of aberrations on cavity stability is addressed for the simple case of a cavity with a length that is equal to the rod length.

© 1993 Optical Society of America

Full Article  |  PDF Article
More Like This
Modeling of the gain distribution for diode pumping of a solid-state laser rod with nonimaging optics

R. John Koshel and I. A. Walmsley
Appl. Opt. 32(9) 1517-1527 (1993)

Scalable aspheric corrective mirror for end-pumped solid-state lasers

A. K. Cousins
Appl. Opt. 31(34) 7259-7266 (1992)

Simulation and experimental investigation of beam distortions in end-pumped laser rod amplifiers

Philipp Albrodt, Xavier Delen, Mondher Besbes, Fabien Lesparre, and Patrick Georges
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 35(12) 3004-3013 (2018)

Cited By

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Cited by links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Figures (11)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Figure files are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Equations (53)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Equations are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Select as filters


Select Topics Cancel
© Copyright 2024 | Optica Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved