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
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