• DocumentCode
    2790118
  • Title

    A 142-W diffraction-limited Q-switched rotary disk Yb- YAG laser for material processing

  • Author

    Basu, Santanu

  • Author_Institution
    Sparkle Optics Corporation, 655 Deep Valley Drive, Suite 170 Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274 USA
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    The average power of a diffraction-limited Q-switched diode pumped solid state laser was scaled to 142 W. At 100 W, the laser drilled 44 ¿m diameter holes in 3-mm thick stainless steel in 3.4 s.
  • Keywords
    Fiber lasers; Materials processing; Optical diffraction; Optical materials; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation; Steel;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2007.4431502
  • Filename
    4431502