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0.12
Ceramic YAG
Rebonded edge cladding
0.1 Measured
Gain coefficient (cm −1 ) 0.06 Calculated
0.08
0.04
0.02
0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2
Time (ms)
Figure 11.16 Measured and calculated gain coefficient for a ceramic YAG
slab. Epoxy refractive index is 1.62. The dashed line indicates the operating
point for a four-slab system with a magnification of 1.5 unstable resonator.
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X
Z
Figure 11.17 Geometry of modeled slab. The central region is ceramic
Nd:YAG, while the surrounding region is the Co:GGG edge cladding. Between
the two regions is a thin (125 µm) epoxy layer, not visible in this figure.
