Abstract

A simple approach is described and used for on-line measurement of the fractional heat-load parameter ξ in an operating diode-pumped Nd:YVO 4 laser at 1.06 μm wavelength for different doping concentrations. The method is based on the fact that if the thermo-optical properties of the sample are known then the ξ-parameter can be estimated from the measured effective focal length induced by the pump beam and any other lensing effect due to mechanical mounting of the sample for a given pumping configuration. The value of the fractional heat-load parameter estimated by our technique was in excellent agreement with the earlier reported values.

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