Title :
A 142-W diffraction-limited Q-switched rotary disk Yb- YAG laser for material processing
Author_Institution :
Sparkle Optics Corporation, 655 Deep Valley Drive, Suite 170 Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274 USA
Abstract :
The average power of a diffraction-limited Q-switched diode pumped solid state laser was scaled to 142 W. At 100 W, the laser drilled 44 ¿m diameter holes in 3-mm thick stainless steel in 3.4 s.
Keywords :
Fiber lasers; Materials processing; Optical diffraction; Optical materials; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation; Steel;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431502
