Title :
Compact single-bar side-pumped Yb:YAG thin-disk laser
Author :
Yanagisawa, Takayugi ; Yamamoto, Syuhei ; Hirano, Yoshihito
Author_Institution :
Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Kanagawa
Abstract :
High-average-power continuous-wave operations of a compact single-bar side-pumped Yb:YAG thin-disk laser with high pumping efficiency was demonstrated. The maximum output power was 104-W from three disks with slope efficiency of 0.47 in full multimode operation
Keywords :
optical pumping; solid lasers; ytterbium; 104 W; YAG:Yb; YAl5O12:Yb; multimode operation; pumping efficiency; single-bar side-pumped Yb:YAG thin-disk laser; slope efficiency;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
