Polarization and Crystal-Orientation Dependency of Thermal Effects in Cryogenically Cooled Yb:CaF 2 (poster)

Kevin Genevrier (1) , Dimitrios N. Papadopoulos (2) , Patrice Camy (3) , Jean-Louis Doualan (3) , Richard Moncorge (3) , Patrick Georges (1) , Frédéric Druon (1)

1 Laboratoire Charles Fabry / Lasers
2 LULI - Laboratoire pour l'utilisation des lasers intenses
3 CIMAP - UMR 6252 - Centre de recherche sur les Ions, les MAtériaux et la Photonique

We study beam polarization and crystallographic-orientation dependency of thermal effects in Yb:CaF2 crystals at LN2 temperature. AtypicalSignificant anisotropy for a cubic crystal is demonstrated resulting in polarization-dependent thermal-astigmatism or asymmetric depolarization pattern.

Domains: Optics [physics.optics]

Kevin Genevrier, Dimitrios N. Papadopoulos, Patrice Camy, Jean-Louis Doualan, Richard Moncorge, et al.. Polarization and Crystal-Orientation Dependency of Thermal Effects in Cryogenically Cooled Yb:CaF 2 (poster). Advanced Solid State Lasers, Oct 2016, Boston, United States. ⟨hal-01585358⟩