High power Yb:KGW and Yb:KYW thin disk laser operation

S. Erhard, Jing Gao, A. Giesen, K. Contag, Alexander A. Lagatsky, Amin Abdolvand, Nikolay V. Kuleshov, Juerg Aus der Au, G. J. Spuhler, Frédéric Brunner, Rüdiger Paschotta, Ursula Keller

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    Abstract

    Analysis of high power Yb:KYW and Yb:KGW thin disk laser operation was presented. The thin disk lasers were investigated at high CW output powers both in fundamental mode and multimode operation. Using 10 at.%-doped Yb:KYW laser, maximum output power was 72 W at 1030 nm with optical efficiency of 60% which was higher than the efficiency that was achieved with Yb:YAG at room temperature.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationConference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
    PublisherOptical Society of America
    ISBN (Print)9781557526621
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2001

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