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
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