• DocumentCode
    2053757
  • Title

    High average power ultrafast lasers

  • Author

    Weitenberg, Johannes ; Russbüldt, Peter ; Hoffmann, Hans-Dieter ; Poprawe, Reinhart

  • Author_Institution
    Lehrstuhl fur Lasertech., RWTH Aachen Univ., Aachen, Germany
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    22-26 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    The specific properties of an Innoslab (partially pumped slab) MOPA are discussed and compared to fiber and thin-disk solid-state lasers. The scaling in terms of average power and peak power as well as pulse duration is discussed. A simple and compact single stage MOPA with 620 W average power and a dual-stage MOPA with 1.1 kW average power at 615 fs pulse duration, 20 MHz repetition rate and almost diffraction-limited beam quality is presented.
  • Keywords
    fibre lasers; laser beams; microdisc lasers; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; Innoslab; MOPA; diffraction-limited beam quality; fiber lasers; frequency 20 MHz; high average power ultrafast lasers; partially pumped slab; power 1.1 kW; power 620 W; thin-disk solid-state lasers; time 615 fs; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical fiber amplifiers; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • ISSN
    Pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0533-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    Pending
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942423
  • Filename
    5942423