P. E. Tverdokhleb, Yu. A. Shepetkin, I. Sh. Steinberg, S. M. Vatnik, A. Yu. Belikov, I. A. Vedin, P. F. Kurbatov, “Measurement of energy spectra of small-angle scattering and distribution of optical microinhomogeneities in laser ceramics”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2014, Volume 44, Number 6,Pages <nobr>588

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Extreme light fields and their applications

Measurement of energy spectra of small-angle scattering and distribution of optical microinhomogeneities in laser ceramics

P. E. Tverdokhleb^a, Yu. A. Shepetkin^a, I. Sh. Steinberg^a, S. M. Vatnik^b, A. Yu. Belikov^a, I. A. Vedin^b, P. F. Kurbatov^b

^a Institute of Automation and Electrometry, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk
^b Institute of Laser Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk

Abstract: The energy spectra of small-angle light scattering from the samples of Nd:YAG ceramics and the spatial distributions of optical microinhomogeneities in them are measured. The spatial profiles of microinhomogeneities are found using the collinear heterodyne microprobe technique. Based on the obtained data, the comparison of noise and lasing characteristics of foreign and domestic samples of laser ceramics is carried out.

Keywords: laser ceramics, small-angle scattering spectra, laser heterodyne microprobe analysis, lasing characteristics of ceramics.

PACS: 42.25.Fx, 42.55.Rz, 81.05.Je

Received: 03.03.2014
Revised: 02.04.2014