A new Faraday rotator for high average power lasers

Journal Article · Mon Apr 30 00:00:00 EDT 2001 · Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/QE2001V031N04ABEH001950· OSTI ID:21442822

Khazanov, E A ^[1]

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1. Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhnii Novgorod (Russian Federation)

The new design of a Faraday rotator is proposed which allows one to compensate partially the radiation depolarisation in magneto-optical elements induced by heating due to the laser radiation absorption. The new design is compared analytically and numerically with a conventional design for the cases of glass and crystal magneto-optical media. It is shown that a rotator, which provides the compensation for birefringence in active elements with the accuracy up to 1 % at the average laser radiation power of 1 kW in the rotator, can be created. (laser applications and other topics in quantum electronics)

• OSTI ID: 21442822
• Journal Information: Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.), Vol. 31, Issue 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1070/QE2001v031n04ABEH001950; ISSN 1063-7818
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
ABSORPTION
ACCURACY
BIREFRINGENCE
CRYSTALS
DESIGN
GLASS
LASER RADIATION
LASERS
MAGNETO-OPTICAL EFFECTS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
RADIATIONS
REFRACTION
SORPTION