title: Dynamical stable cavity of side-pumped thin-disk laser with slanted sides.
abstract: In this article, we use the results of finite-element analysis (FEA) of temperature distribution, deformation, and stress to provide a full three-dimensional simulation of a dynamically stable cavity by propagating wavefront into hot, thermally deformed Yb:YAG/YAG thin-disk laser, using the fast Fourier transform (FFT) split-step beam propagation method (BPM). The wave optics computation therefore delivers realistic results for important features of a laser-like intensity, phase profile, and resonator eigenvalues and higher order-eigenmodes of the laser beam.
authors.affiliation: Iranian National Center of Laser Science and Technology, P.O. Box 14665-567, Tehran, Iran. ph_matnava@yahoo.de
authors.forename: Hamed
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aminpour
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yadegari
authors.forename: Mashaiekhi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asl
authors.forename: Jamshid
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sabbaghzadeh