Thermal effects of diode end-pumped Nd:YVO4 solid state laser

被引：4

作者：

Asundi, A ^{[1
]}

Peng, XY ^{[1
]}

Chen, YH ^{[1
]}

Xiong, ZJ ^{[1
]}

Lim, GC ^{[1
]}

Zheng, HY ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Nanyang Technol Univ, Senors & Actuators Program, Singapore 639798, Singapore

来源：

PHOTONIC SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS IN DEFENSE AND MANUFACTURING | 1999年 / 3898卷

关键词：

thermal effects; Nd : YVO4; laser interferometer; diode end-pumping; solid state laser;

D O I：

10.1117/12.368474

中图分类号：

V [航空、航天];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0825 ;

摘要：

Thermal effects of diode end-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser are analyzed in this paper. A laser interferometer is set up to determine the optical path difference (OPD) resulting from thermal effects in crystal under lasing condition. The beam distortions in Nd:YVO4 rod are measured with a He-Ne laser at wavelength of 632.8nm. The changes of interference patterns record the deformation of the rod with increasing pump power. The experimental and theoretical curves of effective thermal focal lengths versus pump power are obtained, and it is found that the theoretical analysis agrees well with experimental measurement. With the analytic results of thermal effects, a optimized resonator is designed to insure that the laser operates in stable mode with an output power of 3.2 W, slope efficiency of 52% and M-2 factor of 1.19.

引用

页码：178 / 185

页数：8