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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8974-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1567795
