Title :
Challenges to making high power solid state lasers
Author_Institution :
Schafer Corp., Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
This is a tutorial exploring some of the key engineering issues that have been and must be addressed to construct solid state lasers in the 100 kW, CW class with good beam quality. Both slab and fiber approaches are considered. In both cases some form of beam combining is also required, and two promising beam combining approaches are considered.
Keywords :
Chemical lasers; Fiber lasers; Gas lasers; Laser beams; Laser noise; Optical distortion; Power lasers; Slabs; Solid lasers; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
