• DocumentCode
    422331
  • Title

    High power continuous-wave operation of side-pumped Yb:YAG thin disk laser

  • Author

    Yamamoto, Syuhei ; Yanagisawa, Takayuki ; Hirano, Yoshihito

  • Author_Institution
    Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Kanagawa
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2004
  • Abstract
    We have developed a side-pumped Yb:YAG thin disk laser combining the pump-beam focusing technique with the Yb:YAG/YAG composite disk structure. The output power of 235 W was obtained with the optical efficiency of 0.375
  • Keywords
    optical focusing; optical pumping; solid lasers; ytterbium; 235 W; YAG:Yb; YAl5O12:Yb; Yb:YAG/YAG composite disk structure; continuous-wave operation; optical efficiency; pump-beam focusing technique; side-pumped Yb:YAG thin disk laser;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-777-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1361827