Research Article
Finite Element Analysis of Thermal Effects in Diode End-Pumped Solid-State Lasers
Table 4
Thermal focal length calculated using FEA.
| | Crystal | Length (mm) | Diameter (mm) | Focal length of thermal lens (mm) | 10 W | 15 W | 20 W |
| 1 | Nd:YAG | 10 | 3 | 118 | 79 | 58 | 2 | Nd:YAG | 10 | 5 | 118 | 78 | 58 | 3 | Nd:YAG | 15 | 3 | 115 | 76 | 56 | 4 | Nd:YAG | 15 | 5 | 115 | 76 | 56 | 5 | Nd:KGW | 15 | 5 | 53 | 33 | 23 | 6 | Nd:KGW | 15 | 3 | 53 | 32 | 23 | 7 | Yb:YAG | 15 | 5 | 499 | 332 | 248 | 8 | Yb:YAG | 15 | 3 | 500 | 332 | 248 | 9 | Nd:YAG dual pump | 15 | 5 | 58 | — | — | 10 | Nd:KGW dual pump | 15 | 5 | 28 | — | — | 11 | Yb:YAG dual pump | 15 | 5 | 251 | — | — | 12 | Nd:YAG composite | 15 | 5 | 240 | — | — | 13 | Nd:KGW composite | 15 | 5 | 1086 | — | — | 14 | Yb:YAG composite | 15 | 5 | 1032 | — | — |
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