Title :
Scaling thin disk lasers to high power and energy
Author_Institution :
German Aerosp. Center (DLR), Inst. of Tech. Phys., Stuttgart, Germany
Abstract :
The design ideas of thin disk lasers will be explained in detail. Experimental results for continuous wave operation and for pulsed operation show the capability for building high power lasers with high efficiency and good beam quality, simultaneously. Modelling the thin disk laser behaviour shows the possible power and energy scalability.
Keywords :
laser beams; optical design techniques; solid lasers; continuous wave operation; energy scalability; good beam quality; high efficiency; high power lasers; laser design; pulsed operation; thin disk laser scaling; Laser beams; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical resonators; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
