Transient thermal lensing measurement in a laser diode pumped NdxY1−xAl3(BO3)4laser using a holographic shearing interferometer

Autor: Shimosegawa, Masayuki, Omatsu, Takashige, Hasegawa, Akira, Tateta, Mitsuhiro, Ogura, Iwao
Zdroj: Optics Communications; August 1997, Vol. 140 Issue: 4-6 p237-241, 5p
Abstrakt: A new technique for measuring a thermal lens, using a holographic shearing interferometer is presented. This technique was used to measure transient thermal lensing in a laser diode pumped NYAB laser. The measured thermal lensing power was proportional to the pumping laser diode intensity, with a gradient of 1.1 × 10−1m−1mm2/W. The transient response time of the thermal lens was 1.5 s, this value being consistent with the temporal decline of the second harmonic power.
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