Research Article
Finite Element Analysis of Thermal Effects in Diode End-Pumped Solid-State Lasers
Table 1
Crystals studied in this work.
| (a) Crystals studied using different pump power values |
| | | Crystal | Length (mm) | Diameter (mm) | Pump power |
| | 1 | Nd:YAG | 10 | 3 | 10, 15, and 20 W | | 2 | Nd:YAG | 10 | 5 | 10, 15, and 20 W | | 3 | Nd:YAG | 15 | 3 | 10, 15, and 20 W | | 4 | Nd:YAG | 15 | 5 | 10, 15, and 20 W | | 5 | Nd:KGW | 15 | 3 | 10, 15, and 20 W | | 6 | Nd:KGW | 15 | 5 | 10, 15, and 20 W | | 7 | Yb:YAG | 15 | 3 | 10, 15, and 20 W | | 8 | Yb:YAG | 15 | 5 | 10, 15, and 20 W |
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| (b) Crystals studied using dual pump |
| | | Crystal | Length (mm) | Diameter (mm) | Pump power |
| | 1 | Nd:YAG | 15 | 5 | 10 | | 2 | Nd:KGW | 15 | 5 | 10 | | 3 | Yb:YAG | 15 | 5 | 10 |
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| (c) Composite crystals studied |
| | | Crystal | Length (mm) | Diameter (mm) | Pump power |
| | 1 | Nd:YAG | 15 | 5 | 10 | | 2 | Nd:KGW | 15 | 5 | 10 | | 3 | Yb:YAG | 15 | 5 | 10 | | 4 | Nd: KGW | 15 | 5 | Dual pump 10 |
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