• DocumentCode
    2232186
  • Title

    Thin-disk laser operation with single-pass pumping

  • Author

    Rivier, Simon ; Griebner, Uwe ; Petrov, Valentin ; Mateos, Xavier ; Silvestre, Oscar ; Pujol, Maria Cinta ; Aguilo, Magdalena ; Diaz, Francesc ; Vernay, Sophie ; Rytz, Daniel

  • Author_Institution
    Max-Born-Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Ultrafast Spectrosc., Berlin
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Single-pass pumping of a thin disk consisting of a 50 mum epitaxial layer of 32% Yb-doped KLu(WO4)2 deposited on a KLu(WO4)2 substrate produced 9 W of output power near 1030 nm at 77% slope efficiency.
  • Keywords
    epitaxial layers; integrated optics; laser beams; microdisc lasers; optical films; optical pumping; potassium compounds; solid lasers; ytterbium; KLu(WO4)2; KLu(WO4)2:Yb; efficiency 77 percent; epitaxial layer; laser output power; power 9 W; single-pass pumping; size 50 mum; slope efficiency; thin-disk laser operation; wavelength 1030 nm; Absorption; Crystalline materials; Doping; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber polarization; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Spectroscopy; (140.5680) Rare earth and transition metal solid-state lasers; (160.5690) Rare earth doped materials;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-859-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4571290