Multiwatt diode-pumped Yb:YAG thin disk laser continuously tunable between 1018 and 1053 nm

Journal Article · Sat Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1995 · Optics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.20.000713· OSTI ID:165256

Brauch, U ^[1]; Giesen, A; Karszewski, M; Stewen, C; Voss, A ^[2]

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1. Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V., Institut fuer Technische Physik, Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, D-70569 Stuttgart (Germany)
2. Institut fuer Strahlwerkzeuge, Universitaet Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 43, D-70569 Stuttgart (Germany)

A new powerful source of broadly (35-nm) tunable laser radiation in the near-infrared (near 1030 nm) wavelength range is presented. Inserting a birefringent filter into a 10-W diode-pumped Yb:YAG thin disk laser resonator gives several watts of narrow-linewidth (0.07-nm) continuously tunable cw output power. By taking advantage of the power scalability of the thin disk concept, even hundreds of watts of tunable power with near-diffraction-limited beam quality and high efficiency are feasible. Generation and amplification of subpicosecond pulses with high average and peak powers are also promising applications of the Yb:YAG thin disk laser.

• OSTI ID: 165256
• Journal Information: Optics Letters, Journal Name: Optics Letters Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 20; ISSN 0146-9592; ISSN OPLEDP
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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