Author_Institution :
Univ. Stuttgart, Stuttgart
Abstract :
Summary form only given. The principle ideas of the thin disk laser design is illustrated in this paper. Results for cw- and q-switched operation as well as for amplification of short (ns) and ultra-short (ps, fs) pulses demonstrate the potential of the thin disk laser design. The scaling laws for this laser design show that the power limit for cw-operation is far beyond 10 kW for one single disk and the energy limit is higher than 1 J from one disk in pulsed operation.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; optical pumping; solid lasers; cw operation; pulsed operation; q-switched operation; scaling laws; thin disk lasers; ultrashort pulses; Diodes; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical design; Optical pulses; Power generation; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4385857
