More precise determination of thermal lens focal length for end-pumped solid-state lasers

Optics Communications

Volumn 266, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 620-626

  Fan, Shuzhen ^a   Zhang, Xingyu ^a   Wang, Qingpu ^a   Li, Shutao ^a   Ding, Shuanghong ^a   Su, Fufang ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diffraction theory of aberrations; End pumped solid state laser; Focal length; Strehl ratio; Thermal lens

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; CURVE FITTING; PUMPING (LASER); SOLID STATE LASERS;

DIFFRACTION THEORY OF ABERRATIONS; END-PUMPED SOLID-STATE LASER; FOCAL LENGTH; GAUSSIAN PUMPING; OPTICAL PATH DIFFERENCE (OPD); STREHL RATIO; THERMAL LENS;

LENSES;

EID: 33749173479     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2006.05.023     Document Type: Article

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