Graupeter T, Pflaum C (2014)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Conference contribution
Publication year: 2014
Publisher: SPIE
Edited Volumes: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
City/Town: Bellingham
Book Volume: 8959
Pages Range: 1-7
Conference Proceedings Title: Solid State Lasers XXXIII: Technology and Devices
Event location: San Francisco, CA
URI: http://spie.org/Publications/Proceedings/Paper/10.1117/12.2037321
DOI: 10.1117/12.2037321
Thermal lensing e ects and birefringence in laser crystals strongly in uence beam quality of high power solid state lasers. Particularly, the e ects of birefringence are important in laser ampli ers using Nd:YAG crystals. To study these e ects, a simulation tool was developed, which allows to calculate birefringence in laser crystals for di erent kind of crystal cuts and pumping con gurations. The photoelastic e ects were accurately calculated by FE method. Simulation results are presented for di erent crystals and pumping. We also show that birefringence is not radially symmetric for a 111-cut Nd:YAG crystal, even when the pumping con guration is radially symmetric. © 2014 SPIE.
APA:
Graupeter, T., & Pflaum, C. (2014). Simulation of birefringence in laser crystals. In SPIE (Eds.), Solid State Lasers XXXIII: Technology and Devices (pp. 1-7). San Francisco, CA: Bellingham: SPIE.
MLA:
Graupeter, Thomas, and Christoph Pflaum. "Simulation of birefringence in laser crystals." Proceedings of the Solid State Lasers XXIII: Technology and Devices, San Francisco, CA Ed. SPIE, Bellingham: SPIE, 2014. 1-7.
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