High-power Q-switched rotary disk lasers

Santanu Basu; Bryan Norton

doi:10.1117/12.646887

28 February 2006 High-power Q-switched rotary disk lasers

Santanu Basu, Bryan Norton

Proceedings Volume 6100, Solid State Lasers XV: Technology and Devices; 61001M (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.646887
Event: Lasers and Applications in Science and Engineering, 2006, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

Rotary disk laser has a very efficient thermal management approach that uses physical motion of the gain medium in a diode-pumped solid state laser. The benefits of rotary disk lasers over conventional bulk solid state lasers are high efficiency, power scalability and high peak power pulsed operation in a single-mode output beam. We have generated 72.8 W of TEM00 Qswitched output power at 50% slope efficiency in a crystalline Yb-YAG rotary disk laser.

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Santanu Basu and Bryan Norton "High-power Q-switched rotary disk lasers", Proc. SPIE 6100, Solid State Lasers XV: Technology and Devices, 61001M (28 February 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.646887

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