Author:Bollig, C; Koen, W; Strauss, Hencharl J; Bernhardi, EH; Botha, R; Esser, D; Preussler, DRDate:2008Of the various Neodymium-doped materials, Nd:YLF is particularly attractive for use in high-power diode endpumped solid-state lasers due to its weak thermal lens, especially on the σ-polarisation, and it’s long upper laser level lifetime that ...Read more
Author:Bernhardi, EH; Forbes, A; Bollig, C; Esser, MJDDate:2008One of the main problems that limit the power scaling of diode-end-pumped solid-state lasers is the generation of heat inside the laser gain medium which can ultimately cause fracture. In this paper a time-dependent analytical thermal model ...Read more