Title :
Yb-doped sesquioxide thin disk lasers exceeding 300 W of output power in continuous-wave operation
Author :
Kr?¤nkel, C. ; Peters, R. ; Heckl, O.H. ; Baer, C.R.E. ; Saraceno, C.J. ; Beil, K. ; S?¼dmeyer, T. ; Petermann, K. ; Keller, U. ; Huber, G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
We report on VBG-diode-pumped Yb:Lu2O3, Yb:Sc2O3, and Yb:LuScO3 thin disk lasers delivering more than 250 W of output power at optical-to-optical efficiencies up to 73%. 140 W of fundamental-mode output power were obtained with Yb:Lu2O3.
Keywords :
Diodes; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Optical materials; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
