The configuration designs of the laser diode (LD) side-pumping laser rods focus on how to solve the space conflict between the pump and heat-removal devices because both want to use the larger lateral surface of the laser rod. The conflict is better balanced in the three different side-pumping geometries: the segmented circular LD array side-pumping configuration, the annular liquid-cooling structure, and the compensated semicircular LD array side-pumping arrangement. The temperature distributions and thermo-optic effects of the laser rod in the segmented circular LD array side-pumping configuration are analyzed in contrast with those in the other arrangements. The numerical results indicate that the periodical segment-pumping scheme provides higher beam quality than the compensated semicircular side-pumping scheme, enabling removal of the complex liquid cooling system in medium-power applications, thus showing the potential to be used in compact and miniature laser systems.
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