HEAT-GENERATION IN ND-YAG AND YB-YAG

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FAN, TY
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[1] Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington
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10.1109/3.234394
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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The fractional thermal loading, the ratio of heat generated to absorbed energy, of a 6.5 at. % doped Yb: YAG crystal diode pumped at 0.943 mum has been measured to be <0.11 under conditions of no laser extraction. This quantity ranged from 0.37-0.43 in 1.04 at. % doped Nd:YAG pumped at 0.808 mum. Under conditions of laser extraction, the fractional thermal loading in Yb:YAG is expected to remain nearly constant while that in Nd:YAG at 1.064 mum can be expected to drop to approximately 0.32.
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