Efficient compensation of thermal birefringence of a flash-lamp pumped Nd:YAG laser by a simple but novel method

A simple but novel technique for eliminating depolarization loss resulting from thermally induced stress birefringence of a flash lamp-pumped free running Nd:YAG laser is reported here. The output characteristics of the beam with minimum depolarization loss have been systematically investigated by t...

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Main Authors: Mondal, S., Datta, Sambit, Dey, S., Bera, S., Singh, S., Datta, P.
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/61807
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author Mondal, S.
Datta, Sambit
Dey, S.
Bera, S.
Singh, S.
Datta, P.
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description A simple but novel technique for eliminating depolarization loss resulting from thermally induced stress birefringence of a flash lamp-pumped free running Nd:YAG laser is reported here. The output characteristics of the beam with minimum depolarization loss have been systematically investigated by testing various resonator configuration, pump repetition rate and pump power for a Nd:YAG rod of 4mm diameter and 65mm length. It is shown that, by a tilted Glan-Taylor polarizer inside a stable cavity optimally reduces depolarization loss upto 8%. © 2011 SPIE.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-618072018-02-01T05:56:19Z Efficient compensation of thermal birefringence of a flash-lamp pumped Nd:YAG laser by a simple but novel method Mondal, S. Datta, Sambit Dey, S. Bera, S. Singh, S. Datta, P. A simple but novel technique for eliminating depolarization loss resulting from thermally induced stress birefringence of a flash lamp-pumped free running Nd:YAG laser is reported here. The output characteristics of the beam with minimum depolarization loss have been systematically investigated by testing various resonator configuration, pump repetition rate and pump power for a Nd:YAG rod of 4mm diameter and 65mm length. It is shown that, by a tilted Glan-Taylor polarizer inside a stable cavity optimally reduces depolarization loss upto 8%. © 2011 SPIE. 2011 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/61807 10.1117/12.877084 restricted
spellingShingle Mondal, S.
Datta, Sambit
Dey, S.
Bera, S.
Singh, S.
Datta, P.
Efficient compensation of thermal birefringence of a flash-lamp pumped Nd:YAG laser by a simple but novel method
title Efficient compensation of thermal birefringence of a flash-lamp pumped Nd:YAG laser by a simple but novel method
title_full Efficient compensation of thermal birefringence of a flash-lamp pumped Nd:YAG laser by a simple but novel method
title_fullStr Efficient compensation of thermal birefringence of a flash-lamp pumped Nd:YAG laser by a simple but novel method
title_full_unstemmed Efficient compensation of thermal birefringence of a flash-lamp pumped Nd:YAG laser by a simple but novel method
title_short Efficient compensation of thermal birefringence of a flash-lamp pumped Nd:YAG laser by a simple but novel method
title_sort efficient compensation of thermal birefringence of a flash-lamp pumped nd:yag laser by a simple but novel method
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/61807