Title :
High power ytterbium disk laser
Author :
Bowman, Steven R. ; O´Connor, Shawn ; Biswal, Subrat
Author_Institution :
Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
A novel diode-pumped disk laser yielded 490 W in a quasi-cw mode. Electrical efficiency of the laser was found to be 9.4%. Heating of the laser disk was only 2.7% of the absorbed optical power.
Keywords :
laser beams; optical pumping; potassium compounds; solid lasers; ytterbium; 490 W; 9.4 percent; KGd(WO4)2:Yb; diode-pumped ytterbium disk laser; electrical efficiency; optical power; Diodes; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser transitions; Lasers and electrooptics; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor laser arrays; Solid lasers; Ytterbium;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201710