3D ray tracing model for laser beams influenced by thermal lensing in solid-state gain media

Rall PL, Springer R, Pflaum C (2018)

Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes

Publication year: 2018

Edited Volumes: SPIE Optical System Design Proceedings

DOI: 10.1117/12.2311840

Abstract

A ray tracing model for thermal effects solid-state single-pass amplifiers is presented, which is able to simulate thermal lensing, depolarization and beam quality degradation. The ray tracing algorithm is based on alternatively evaluating the axial and radial gradient and thereby finding the trajectory in thermally influenced media. This enables to find the focal length distribution of the system. Additionally, to the position of the rays, its phase is also determined, which enables to reconstruct the wavefront of the beam after passing through the crystal. This wavefront is used for a Zernike polynomial analysis to determine spherical aberration, which is linked to the beam quality of the passing beam. Furthermode the total depolarization is obtained by finding the change of polarization for each ray separately. The simulation for thermal lensing is compared with a single-pass Nd:YVO4 system, the beam degradation is compared with a Nd:YVO4-MOAP system. Both show good agreement with the simulation data, as long as the gain of the system is homogeneous.

Authors with CRIS profile

Phillip Lino Rall Professur für Informatik (Numerische Simulation mit Höchstleistungsrechnern) Ramon Springer Professur für Informatik (Numerische Simulation mit Höchstleistungsrechnern) Christoph Pflaum Professur für Informatik (Numerische Simulation mit Höchstleistungsrechnern)

Additional Organisation(s)

Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies Lehrstuhl für Informatik 10 (Systemsimulation)

How to cite

APA:

Rall, P.L., Springer, R., & Pflaum, C. (2018). 3D ray tracing model for laser beams influenced by thermal lensing in solid-state gain media. In SPIE Optical System Design Proceedings..

MLA:

Rall, Phillip Lino, Ramon Springer, and Christoph Pflaum. "3D ray tracing model for laser beams influenced by thermal lensing in solid-state gain media." SPIE Optical System Design Proceedings. 2018.

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