High-power cw laser windows: edge cooled or face cooled?

Claude A. Klein

doi:10.1117/12.140504

25 February 1993 High-power cw laser windows: edge cooled or face cooled?

Claude A. Klein

Proceedings Volume 1739, High Heat Flux Engineering; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.140504
Event: San Diego '92, 1992, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Thermally induced optical distortions severely degrade the quality of a laser beam thus reducing the irradiance on target. The purpose of this paper is to formulate procedures for evaluating the impact of spherical aberrations generated by cooled cylindrical optics that transmit cw laser radiation; specifically, the paper concerns edge- and face-cooled laser windows and examines how beam shape and cooling strength affect the performance.

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Claude A. Klein "High-power cw laser windows: edge cooled or face cooled?", Proc. SPIE 1739, High Heat Flux Engineering, (25 February 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.140504

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