• DocumentCode
    447878
  • Title

    High power ytterbium disk laser

  • Author

    Bowman, Steven R. ; O´Connor, Shawn ; Biswal, Subrat

  • Author_Institution
    Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    159
  • Abstract
    A novel diode-pumped disk laser yielded 490 W in a quasi-cw mode. Electrical efficiency of the laser was found to be 9.4%. Heating of the laser disk was only 2.7% of the absorbed optical power.
  • Keywords
    laser beams; optical pumping; potassium compounds; solid lasers; ytterbium; 490 W; 9.4 percent; KGd(WO4)2:Yb; diode-pumped ytterbium disk laser; electrical efficiency; optical power; Diodes; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser transitions; Lasers and electrooptics; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor laser arrays; Solid lasers; Ytterbium;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-795-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2005.201710
  • Filename
    1572776
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=447878