Thermal Guiding in Microchip Lasers

J. J. Zayhowski

doi:10.1364/ASSL.1990.DPL3

Advanced Solid State Lasers
OSA Proceedings Series (Optica Publishing Group, 1990),
paper DPL3
•https://doi.org/10.1364/ASSL.1990.DPL3

Thermal Guiding in Microchip Lasers

J. J. Zayhowski

Advanced Solid State Lasers 1990

Salt Lake City, Utah United States
5–7 March 1990
ISBN: 1-55752-120-4

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J. J. Zayhowski, "Thermal Guiding in Microchip Lasers," in Advanced Solid State Lasers, G. Dube, ed., Vol. 6 of OSA Proceedings Series (Optica Publishing Group, 1990), paper DPL3.

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Abstract

The oscillating mode in cw microchip lasers is a thermally guided mode. In Nd:YAG microchip lasers the diameter of the oscillating mode is typically much larger than the pump diameter, resulting in a low-divergence, TEM₀₀ beam which is insensitive to the transverse quality of the pump beam.

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