• DocumentCode
    1792665
  • Title

    High-power thin-disk laser with composite Yb:YAG/YAG active element

  • Author

    Kuznetsov, Ivan ; Mukhin, Ivan ; Palashov, Oleg

  • Author_Institution
    Nonlinear Dynamics & Opt. Dept., Inst. of Appl. Phys., Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    June 30 2014-July 4 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    Thin-disk laser on the basis of the composite Yb:YAG/YAG active element with 30W average power and 50 % slope efficiency is developed. Investigations of thermal effects in active element showed the perfect laser scalability to the kilowatt power range.
  • Keywords
    composite materials; laser beams; solid lasers; ytterbium; YAG:Yb-YAG; composite Yb:YAG-YAG active element; efficiency 50 percent; high-power thin-disk laser; kilowatt power range; laser scalability; power 30 W; slope efficiency; thermal effects; Laser theory; Optical pumping; Yb:YAG; anti-ASE cap; composite active element; thermal effects; thin-disk laser;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Laser Optics, 2014 International Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Saint Petersburg
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-3884-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LO.2014.6886210
  • Filename
    6886210