Laser resonator with balanced thermal lenses

被引：32

作者：

Graf, T ^{[1
]}

Wyss, E ^{[1
]}

Roth, M ^{[1
]}

Weber, HP ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Bern, Inst Appl Phys, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland

来源：

OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS | 2001年 / 190卷 / 1-6期

关键词：

thermal lens; compensation for the thermally induced lens; adaptive optics;

D O I：

10.1016/S0030-4018(01)01111-7

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

An adaptive negative thermal lens that compensates for the power-dependent positive thermal lens in a transversally diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser rod is presented. We demonstrate that the proposed technique leads to a reduction of the total thermal lens by more than an order of magnitude. (C) 2001 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.

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页码：327 / 331

页数：5

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