Simulations of the lasing properties of a thin disk laser combining high output powers with good beam quality

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2989, Issue , 1997, Pages 23-34

  Contag, Karsten ^a   Brauch, Uwe ^b   Erhard, Steffen ^a   Giesen, Adolf ^a   Johannsen, Ingo ^b   Karszewski, Martin ^a   Stewen, Christian ^a   Voss, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beam quality; High power diode pumped laser; Modeling optical efficiency; Thin disk laser; Yb:YAG

Indexed keywords

BEAM QUALITY; DC GENERATORS; DIODES; DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; LASERS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POWER QUALITY; PUMPS; RESONATORS; YTTERBIUM;

CRYSTAL THICKNESSES; GOOD BEAM QUALITIES; HIGH OUTPUT POWERS; HIGH POWER DIODE PUMPED LASER; LASER ACTIVE MATERIALS; LASER CRYSTALS; LASING PROPERTIES; LEVEL POPULATIONS; LINEAR RESONATORS; MATRIX MULTIPLICATIONS; MECHANICAL DEFORMATIONS; MODE SYSTEMS; MODELING OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; MULTIPLE PASSES; OPTICAL-; OUTPUT POWERS; POWER DISTRIBUTIONS; PUMP BEAMS; PUMP LIGHTS; PUMP POWERS; THERMAL LENSING; THIN DISK LASER; YB:YAG;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 0008980378     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.273678     Document Type: Conference Paper

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