DocumentCode
2893051
Title
Power scalability of thin disk lasers in fundamental mode operation
Author
Stohenburg, C. ; Speiser, J. ; Larionov, M. ; Giesen, A.
Author_Institution
Inst. fur Strahlwerkzeuge, Stuttgart Univ., Germany
fYear
2005
fDate
12-17 June 2005
Firstpage
6
Abstract
Experimental results and numerical simulations for the power scalability of an Yb:YAG thin disk laser in fundamental mode operation are presented. So far, an output power of 225 W with an M2<1.1 is demonstrated.
Keywords
laser beams; laser materials processing; laser modes; numerical analysis; solid lasers; ytterbium; 225 W; YAG:Yb; YAl5O12:Yb; fundamental mode operation; laser beam quality; laser material processing; laser power; power scalability; thin disk laser; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Numerical simulation; Optical design; Optical pumping; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Scalability;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8974-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1567795
Filename
1567795
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