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The use of Nd:YAG crystals in slab geometry with internal zigzag optical path strongly reduces the effect of thermal focussing in the optically pumped gain medium, which is one of the major disadvantages in rod geometry solid lasers. In addition to the improvement in pumping efficiency the maximum heat generation per unit volume at which breakage of the crystal occurs lies higher in a slab than in a rod system.
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von Arb, H.P., Ochsenbein, S., Studer, F. (1990). Performance Characteristics of Nd:YAG Geometry Lasers in Pulsed, CW and Q-Switched Operations. In: Waidelich, W. (eds) Laser/Optoelektronik in der Technik / Laser/Optoelectronics in Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-48372-1_36
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