The thermal effects of the diode end-pumped Nd:YVO 4 slab laser crystal are investigated both analytically and numerically. The theoretical model is established with considering the divergence of the pump beam in the slab. A detailed theoretical analysis of the temperature, stress and the focal leng
Thermal stress effects of the diode-end-pumped Nd:YLF slab
β Scribed by Zhe Ma; Jiancun Gao; Daijun Li; Junlin Li; Nianle Wu; Keming Du
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 318 KB
- Volume
- 281
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0030-4018
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β¦ Synopsis
The thermal stress effects of the diode-end-pumped Nd:YLF slab laser crystals are numerically investigated. The theoretical model is established by considering the divergence of the pump beam in the slab and the additional heat generated in the upconversion. Using the three dimensional finite element analyses, accurate numerical solutions based on the theoretical model are achieved. Our analyses focuses on the thermal fracture damage of the Nd:YLF slab under both the lasing and non-lasing conditions, and the predicted values are compared with the experimental results.
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