Energy-transfer upconversion and thermal lensing in high-power end-pumped Nd:YLF laser crystals
Thermal lensing in an end-pumped Nd:YLF rod, under lasing and non-lasing conditions, has been investigated. Under lasing conditions a weak thermal lens, with dioptric power varying linearly with pump power, was observed. Under non-lasing conditions where higher inversion densities are involved, henc...
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| Language: | English |
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1999.
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