• DocumentCode
    2244556
  • Title

    Yb:YLF as active medium in the thin disk laser

  • Author

    Fredrich-Thornton, Susanne T. ; Beil, Kolja ; Kränkel, Christian ; Petermann, Klaus ; Huber, Günter ; Parisi, Daniela ; Tonelli, Mauro

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Laser-Phys., Univ. of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Results of the first Yb:LiYF4 thin disk laser experiments are presented. 5.87 W output power and up to 42% slope efficiency have been obtained under 973 nm pumping using a 30% Yb-doped disk with 200 μm thickness.
  • Keywords
    laser beams; lithium compounds; optical pumping; solid lasers; ytterbium; YLF:Yb; active medium; laser output power; optical pumping; power 5.87 W; size 200 mum; slope efficiency; thin disk laser; wavelength 973 nm; Crystals; Laser excitation; Measurement by laser beam; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor 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
    5950791
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2244556