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Lasers

Degree of depolarisation of radiation from a single-frequency ring monolithic Nd³⁺:YAG laser with diode pumping

D. Yu. Parashchuk^a, G. D. Laptev^b, N. V. Chigarev^a, I. V. Golovnin^b, A. S. Chirkin<sup>a

a</sup> M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics
^b International Laser Center of Moscow State University

Abstract: The degree of depolarisation of radiation from a single-frequency ring monolithic diode-pumped(chip) Nd³⁺:YAG laser was measured for the first time: its value was 3 × 10^–3. The dominant mechanism of intracavity losses and of depolarisation of the output radiation was diffraction by random inhomogeneities of the birefringence of the active element.

PACS: 42.55.Xi, 42.60.Jf

Received: 01.01.1996

 English version: Quantum Electronics, 1996, 26:3, 224–225

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