Open AccessThree-dimensional thermal effects of the diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 slab
Author(s) -
Ying Zhou,
Deshuang Yu,
Yao Shu-na,
Jun Liu,
Jiabin Chen,
Shufen Chen,
Jianguo Xin
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.62.024210
Subject(s) - slab , materials science , diode , transient (computer programming) , thermal , laser , heat transfer , steady state (chemistry) , optics , crystal (programming language) , mechanics , rate equation , optoelectronics , thermodynamics , physics , classical mechanics , chemistry , geophysics , computer science , programming language , operating system , kinetics
The thermal effects induced by high-power diode pumping in the Nd:YVO4 slab laser crystal are numerically modeled. Using three-dimensional (3D) finite volume method, an accurate numerical solution based on heat transfer equation is achieved. The transient temperature distribution curves and the steady state 3D temperature distributions of the diode double end-pumped, uniformly face-pumped and the periodical face-pumped Nd:YVO4 slab are presented.