• DocumentCode
    2232983
  • Title

    High-power radially-polarized Er:YAG laser with Laguerre-Gaussian (LG01) mode output

  • Author

    Kim, J.W. ; Mackenzie, J.I. ; Hayes, J.R. ; Clarkson, W.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A simple method to allow direct excitation of the first-order Laguerre-Gaussian mode has been applied to a hybrid Er:YAG laser. The laser yielded 13.1W of radially-polarized LG01 output at 1645nm for 34W of pump power.
  • Keywords
    erbium; laser modes; light polarisation; optical pumping; solid lasers; Laguerre-Gaussian mode excitation; YAG:Er; high-power radially-polarized laser; hybrid laser; power 34 W; pump power; wavelength 1645 nm; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Measurement by laser beam; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950347