Title

Method For Temporally And Spatially-Resolved Thermal-Lensing Measurements

Authors

Authors

R. Paugstadt;M. Bass

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Appl. Optics

Keywords

LASER RODS; ND-YAG; Optics

Abstract

A new method of studying thermal-gradient-induced lensing in laser crystals is reported. The method is applied to an optically dense laser medium, ErTmHo:YAG, and the temporal behavior of the flash-lamp-pump-induced temperature distribution is determined during and after pumping. Data for high-repetition-rate pumping are also presented.

Journal Title

Applied Optics

Volume

33

Issue/Number

6

Publication Date

1-1-1994

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

954

Last Page

959

WOS Identifier

WOS:A1994NA38100007

ISSN

0003-6935

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