Mode stability issues in side-pumped relative to end-pumped quasi four-level lasers

• Published in: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO 2000). Technical Digest. Postconference Edition. TOPS Vol.39 (IEEE Cat. No.00CH37088) pp. 405 - 406
• Main Authors: Bruesselbach, H., Sumida, D.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2000
• Subjects: Laser excitation; Lenses; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Spectroscopy; Thermal lensing; Thermal loading; Thermal stability; Ytterbium

Summary form only given.It is now well established that ytterbium's simple spectroscopy and the low host crystal thermal loading that results from the ion's minimal quantum defect allow dramatic power scaling. Exactly how much heat is deposited into the host crystal at a given moment is in...