Title :
Advanced resonator technology for high brightness lasers
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Laser & Opt. Technol., Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Hyogo, Japan
Abstract :
High-power lasers with laser power over 100-W are becoming essential tools in manufacturing. For this application field, high brightness lasers are demanded for high-quality materials processing. In this paper, the mechanism has been analyzed for a Nd:YAG rod laser related to the thermal lensing variation in the rod and a solution is proposed
Keywords :
brightness; laser cavity resonators; laser materials processing; light polarisation; manufacture; neodymium; solid lasers; thermal blooming; 100 W; Nd:YAG rod laser; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; advanced resonator technology; application field; high brightness lasers; high-power lasers; high-quality materials processing; manufacturing; thermal lensing variation; Brightness; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser noise; Neodymium; Polarization; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Thermal lensing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1996. LEOS 96., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3160-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1996.571926
