EPJ Web of Conferences (Jan 2022)

Thermo-optical wavefront distortions in Nd:YVO4 laser amplifiers

  • Schneewind Merle,
  • Booker Phillip,
  • Iakushev Sergii,
  • Weßels Peter,
  • Willke Benno,
  • Neumann Jörg,
  • Kracht Dietmar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202226701012
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 267
p. 01012

Abstract

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The power dependence of a Nd:YVO4 laser amplifier beam wavefront was analyzed by Zernike polynomial decomposition. This analysis was performed experimentally and by simulations based on split-step Fourier propagation showing a good agreement. The simulations yield a base for the design of an aberration compensation system.