Pump power stability range of single-mode solid-state lasers with rod thermal lensing

Journal Article · Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1987 · IEEE J. Quant. Electron.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.1987.1073266· OSTI ID:5733533

De Silvestri, S; La Porta, P; Magni, V

The pump power stability range of solid-state laser resonators operating in the TEM/sub 00/ mode has been thoroughly investigated. It has been shown that, for a very general resonator containing intracavity optical systems, rod thermal lensing engenders a pump power stability range which is a characteristic parameter of laser material and pump cavity, but is independent of resonator configuration. Stability ranges have been calculated and critically discussed for Nd:YAG, Nd:Glasses, Nd:Cr:GSGG, and alexandrite. The independence of the pump power stability range from the resonator configuration has been experimentally demonstrated for a CW Nd:YAG laser.

• Research Organization: Centro Elettronica Quantistica e Strumentazione Elettronica del CNR, Istituto di Fisica del Politecnico, 20133 Milan
• OSTI ID: 5733533
• Journal Information: IEEE J. Quant. Electron.; (United States), Vol. QE-23:11
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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