Thermal Effects in Laser Amplifiers and Oscillators
- 1 April 1964
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Applied Optics
- Vol. 3 (4), 527-530
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.3.000527
Abstract
The causes and implications of thermally induced optical effects in solid-state laser materials are discussed. A convenient interferometric method is described for examining in a typical helical and linear laser configuration the transient optical phenomena produced by thermal expansion, change of refractive index with temperature and strain. The results obtained with a neodymium laser glass rod are presented photographically.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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