Possibilities of increasing the pumping efficiency of solid active medium laser generators by optimizing the pumping cavity profile

O. Dontu; S. Ganatsios; N. Alexandrescu

doi:10.1117/12.802035

29 April 2008 Possibilities of increasing the pumping efficiency of solid active medium laser generators by optimizing the pumping cavity profile

O. Dontu, S. Ganatsios, N. Alexandrescu

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Proceedings Volume 7007, INDLAS 2007: Industrial Laser Applications; 70070Q (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.802035
Event: INDLAS 2007: Industrial Laser Applications, 2007, Bran, Romania

Abstract

The paper presents some design elements concerning the optical pumping cavities of the laser generators with active solid medium, as well as the way of increasing their performance. We start from the fact that the laser cavity is a closed optical system, where the active laser medium and the pumping source are conjugated, in order to achieve a maximum concentration of the light flux of the pumping source towards the active medium. We discuss the simple elliptical section laser pumping cavities (with one pumping lamp) and triple elliptical (with three lamps), also presenting a series on calculus nomograms, very useful to those who design the laser generation optical pumping cavities.

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O. Dontu, S. Ganatsios, and N. Alexandrescu "Possibilities of increasing the pumping efficiency of solid active medium laser generators by optimizing the pumping cavity profile", Proc. SPIE 7007, INDLAS 2007: Industrial Laser Applications, 70070Q (29 April 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.802035

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