• DocumentCode
    1652278
  • Title

    533W peak power Yb:YAG composite waveguide laser

  • Author

    Takasaki, Takuya ; Fukahori, Hidenori ; Yamamoto, Shuhei ; Yanagisawa, Takayuki ; Hirano, Yoshihito

  • Author_Institution
    Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Kamakura, Japan
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrated a Yb:YAG composite planar waveguide laser. Low-order mode waveguide is realized by refractive index difference between YAG and Yb:YAG. The peak power of 533-W was obtained at the Q-CW pumping power of 1506-W.
  • Keywords
    optical planar waveguides; optical pumping; refractive index; solid lasers; waveguide lasers; ytterbium; Q-continuous wave pumping; YAG:Yb; composite planar waveguide laser; low-order mode waveguide; peak power composite waveguide laser; power 533 W; refractive index; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Pump lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Waveguide lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6325609