Asymmetric TEM00-mode cavity for birefringence-compensated two-rod solid-state lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1107-1115

  Liu, Chong ^a   Riesbeck, Thomas ^b   Wang, Xin ^b   Xiang, Zhen ^a   Chen, Jun ^a   Eichler, Hans J ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laser modes; Laser resonators; Laser stability; Laser thermal factors

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE COMPENSATION; CAVITY MIRROR; DIFFRACTION LOSS; EQUIVALENT THERMAL; FILLING FACTOR; HIGH-POWER; LASER STABILITY; LASER THERMAL FACTORS; LINEARLY POLARIZED; MISALIGNMENT SENSITIVITY; ND : YAG LASERS; OUTPUT POWER; POLARIZATION ROTATOR; SPHERICAL ABERRATIONS; STATE OF THE ART; TEM;

ALIGNMENT; BIREFRINGENCE; LASER MODES; LASER RESONATORS; LASERS; MIRRORS; PUMPING (LASER); RESONATORS; SOLID STATE LASERS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 77949748878     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2008.2002094     Document Type: Article

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