Research of the homogeneity of the pump distribution in the active element of powerful diode-pumped solid state Nd:YAG rod laser

Experimental investigations and calculations of various optical schemes of high-power DPSS and solid-state lasers with cylindrical active elements and transverse pumping by laser diode arrays are presented. Numerical simulations were used to solve hydrodynamic problems and problems of geometric optics for DPSS with rod active elements pumping by quasi-continuous laser diode arrays. The dependencies of the uniformity of active element illumination on the geometry of the optical scheme were studied, as well as the influence of the uniformity of coolant flows over different pump arms on the uniformity of the luminescence distribution pro-file from the end of the active element. An optical pumping scheme for active element of a high-power DPSS with an optimal geometry is proposed and implemented.