title: Experimental study of thermal lens features in laser ceramics.
abstract: Thermal lens measurements were made by means of a high-accuracy phase shift interferometer that combines a lambda/1000 sensitivity and 10 microm transverse resolution. The effect of random small-scale modulation in thermally induced phase distortion predicted earlier was proved experimentally. The statistical parameters of modulation were measured depending on heating power for two different ceramic samples. The experimental data agree well with results of numerical simulation.
authors.affiliation: The Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 46 Ul'yanov Street, 603950, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. solo@appl.sci-nnov.ru
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Soloviev
authors.forename: Ilya
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Snetkov
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Zelenogorsky
authors.forename: Ilya
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kozhevatov
authors.forename: Oleg
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Palashov
authors.forename: Efim
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Khazanov
mesh_terms: D002516:Ceramics / Q000737:chemistry*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D007368:Interferometry / Q000379:methods*; D007834:Lasers; D007909:Lenses; D008027:Light; D008422:Materials Testing / Q000379:methods*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D013696:Temperature