Modeling of efficient mode-matching and thermal-lensing effect on a laser-beam coupling into a mode-cleaner cavity

Noboru Uehara; Eric K. Gustafson; Martin M. Fejer; Robert L. Byer

doi:10.1117/12.273681

2 May 1997 Modeling of efficient mode-matching and thermal-lensing effect on a laser-beam coupling into a mode-cleaner cavity

Noboru Uehara, Eric K. Gustafson, Martin M. Fejer, Robert L. Byer

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Proceedings Volume 2989, Modeling and Simulation of Higher-Power Laser Systems IV; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.273681
Event: Photonics West '97, 1997, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

We describe the spatial mode-matching of a diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser to a ring mode-cleaner cavity with an efficiency as high as 99.8%. Spatial-mode coupling including thermal-lensing effects in the cavity are analyzed.

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Noboru Uehara, Eric K. Gustafson, Martin M. Fejer, and Robert L. Byer "Modeling of efficient mode-matching and thermal-lensing effect on a laser-beam coupling into a mode-cleaner cavity", Proc. SPIE 2989, Modeling and Simulation of Higher-Power Laser Systems IV, (2 May 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.273681

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