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Calculation of three-dimensional thermal-gradient-induced stress birefringence in slab lasers

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The thermal-gradient-induced stress birefringence and depolarization losses were reported previously for a Yb:YAG slab in which the plane-strain approximation applied. In this paper we present analyses of these phenomena applying a full three-dimensional treatment of deposited pump power and cooling in a Yb:YAG slab. We treat both straight-through and zigzag propagation and the cases of the slab length along the crystalline [1 1 1] and [1 1 0] axes. We also describe the losses in a slab with undoped Brewster ends and pump edges.

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  1. College of Optics/CREOL/FPCE, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816, USA

    Y. Chen, B. Chen & M. Bass

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Chen, Y., Chen, B. & Bass, M. Calculation of three-dimensional thermal-gradient-induced stress birefringence in slab lasers. Appl. Phys. B 81, 75–82 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-005-1822-5

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