Birefringence of YAG: Nd Laser Rods as a Function of Growth Direction
JOSA, Vol. 61, Issue 6, pp. 758-766 (1971)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSA.61.000758
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Abstract
The thermally induced stress birefringence has been known to affect severely the performance of a solidstate-laser system when the beam is linearly polarized. This study analyzes the birefringence as a function of the YAG :Nd rod-axis orientation; this investigation illustrates the angular dependence of birefringence for directions other than the [111] crystal direction and describes the losses for various rod-axis and polarizer orientations.
Citation
W. KOECHNER and D. K. RICE, "Birefringence of YAG: Nd Laser Rods as a Function of Growth Direction," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 61, 758-766 (1971)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josa/abstract.cfm?URI=josa-61-6-758
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