Title

Calculation Of Three-Dimensional Thermal-Gradient-Induced Stress Birefringence In Slab Lasers

Abstract

The thermal-gradient-induced stress birefringence and depolarization losses were reported previously for a Yb:YAG slab in which the plane-strain approximation applied. In this paper we present analyses of these phenomena applying a full three-dimensional treatment of deposited pump power and cooling in a Yb:YAG slab. We treat both straight-through and zigzag propagation and the cases of the slab length along the crystalline [1 1 1] and [1 1 0] axes. We also describe the losses in a slab with undoped Brewster ends and pump edges. © Springer-Verlag 2005.

Publication Date

7-1-2005

Publication Title

Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics

Volume

81

Issue

1

Number of Pages

75-82

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-005-1822-5

Socpus ID

20944440783 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/20944440783

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