DocumentCode
2055555
Title
Disk laser delivering 50 mJ with 400 ns latency
Author
Schuhmann, Karsten ; Antognini, Aldo ; Giesen, Adolf ; Graf, Thomas ; Nebel, Tobias ; Pohl, Randolf
Author_Institution
Dausinger + Giesen GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany
fYear
2011
fDate
22-26 May 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
1
Abstract
A thin disk laser has been developed which is capable to run at stochastical trigger with an extremely short latency (400 ns) between the electronic trigger and the optical output pulse. The Yb:YAG laser made from a Q switched oscillator and a multipass amplifier delivers pulses up to 50 mJ at 1030 nm (M2=1.3), independently of the pulse to pulse delay (1.2 ms to infinity). Yb:YAG exhibits a long lifetime (~ 1 ms) of the excited states, and the disk-laser design provides efficient cooling needed for cw-pumping.
Keywords
Q-switching; amplifiers; laser cooling; optical pumping; oscillators; solid lasers; ytterbium; Q-switched oscillator; YAG:Yb; cw-pumping; electronic trigger; energy 50 mJ; excited states; laser cooling; multipass amplifier; optical output pulse; pulse-to-pulse delay; short latency; stochastical trigger; thin disk laser design; wavelength 1030 nm; Switches;
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.2011.5942499
Filename
5942499
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