A comprehensive finite element physics model is constructed to analyze the thermal effects of a thin disk medium. Based on this physical model, the temperature and stress distribution inside the medium are obtained. According to the corresponding theory, the internal optical path difference (OPD) and thermal focal length of the medium can be calculated when subjected to thermal load. According to the numerical model of the thermal effect, which has been verified by experiments conducted on commercial thin disk purchased from Dausinger + Giesen GmbH (DG), the study investigated the influence of various factors on the thermal effect of the thin disk medium. Additionally, a thin disk medium based on photoadhesion technology has been developed. The thermal focal length of the thin disk medium has been compensated by adjusting the surface shape in advance to match the desired focal length, which is significantly higher than that of the uncompensated medium. Below a pump density of 1.27 kW/cm2, the thermal focal length of the self-developed thin disk medium is comparable to that of the DG's thin disk medium.
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