Time-dependent temperature profiles and birefringence in end-pumped laser rods: noncircular pump cross section

Usamah O. Farrukh; Norman P. Barnes

doi:10.1364/OAM.1993.TuU.7

OSA Annual Meeting
Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 1993),
paper TuU.7
•https://doi.org/10.1364/OAM.1993.TuU.7

Time-dependent temperature profiles and birefringence in end-pumped laser rods: noncircular pump cross section

Usamah O. Farrukh and Norman P. Barnes

OSA Annual Meeting 1993

Toronto Canada
3–8 October 1993
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Diode-Pumped Solid-State Lasers (TuU)

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Abstract

The impact of birefringence is relevant to the quality of laser beams. Circular pump beams of Gaussian or constant profiles causes position dependent birefringence. Noncircular end-pumped beams will produce noncircular temperature contours.

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