In ion-doped solid-state laser materials, the pump-induced refractive index changes (RIC) have an electronic component, the so-called population lens effect, which can be related to the change in excited state population and to the polarizability difference between the excited and ground states. These population effects have a tremendous influence upon the spatiotemporal characteristics of laser resonators and it is thus a challenging problem to have sensitive techniques for measuring them. Hence, this PhD thesis is focused on the metrology of the RIC for a better understanding of the solid-state lasers behavior and in order to be able to use these effects for various applications. The first part of this manuscript consists in measuring the...
This thesis deals with laser damage phenomena for nanosecond pulses, in optical components such as g...
This thesis covers two areas of laser physics: optical cooling of rare-earth-doped solids by anti-St...
Spectral hole burning in rare-earth ion doped crystals is a versatile system in time-frequency metro...
In ion-doped solid-state laser materials, the pump-induced refractive index changes (RIC) have an el...
We present a detailed study of the Baryscan technique, a new efficient alternative to the widespread...
Les variations de l indice de réfraction d origine électronique, proportionnelles au nombre d ions a...
To study the contribution of nonlinear effects to laser damage or predict ultrafast pulses evolution...
Wave mixing in an inverted solid state laser material enables to record a population hologram that i...
When a high power laser beam goes through a transparent material, self-focusing may lead to a degrad...
membres du jury: Mr VAMPOUILLE Michel, Professeur, IRCOM, Université de Limoges, Mr SANCHEZ François...
The z-scan technique consists in measurement of the variation of the radial intensity of a Gaussian ...
Thermal lensing is one of the most important factors that can affect the performance of high-power s...
Laser facility such as the Megajoule Laser dedicated to laser-matter interaction including inertial ...
The trend of development in fast axial flow CO2 lasers with transversal RF excitation leads to incre...
International audienceA new and efficient technique for measuring weak optical nonlinearities is rep...
This thesis deals with laser damage phenomena for nanosecond pulses, in optical components such as g...
This thesis covers two areas of laser physics: optical cooling of rare-earth-doped solids by anti-St...
Spectral hole burning in rare-earth ion doped crystals is a versatile system in time-frequency metro...
In ion-doped solid-state laser materials, the pump-induced refractive index changes (RIC) have an el...
We present a detailed study of the Baryscan technique, a new efficient alternative to the widespread...
Les variations de l indice de réfraction d origine électronique, proportionnelles au nombre d ions a...
To study the contribution of nonlinear effects to laser damage or predict ultrafast pulses evolution...
Wave mixing in an inverted solid state laser material enables to record a population hologram that i...
When a high power laser beam goes through a transparent material, self-focusing may lead to a degrad...
membres du jury: Mr VAMPOUILLE Michel, Professeur, IRCOM, Université de Limoges, Mr SANCHEZ François...
The z-scan technique consists in measurement of the variation of the radial intensity of a Gaussian ...
Thermal lensing is one of the most important factors that can affect the performance of high-power s...
Laser facility such as the Megajoule Laser dedicated to laser-matter interaction including inertial ...
The trend of development in fast axial flow CO2 lasers with transversal RF excitation leads to incre...
International audienceA new and efficient technique for measuring weak optical nonlinearities is rep...
This thesis deals with laser damage phenomena for nanosecond pulses, in optical components such as g...
This thesis covers two areas of laser physics: optical cooling of rare-earth-doped solids by anti-St...
Spectral hole burning in rare-earth ion doped crystals is a versatile system in time-frequency metro...