Published 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Efficient cw thin disk laser operation of Yb:Ca4YO(BO3)3 with 20W output power

  • 1. Institut fuer Laser-Physik, Universitaet Hamburg (Germany)

Description

We report on continuous-wave (cw) laser operation with Yb(15 at.%):Ca4YO(BO3)3 (Yb:YCOB) exceeding 20 W of output-power in the thin disk laser setup. 50% of optical-to-optical efficiency at a slope efficiency of more than 60% were realized in E parallel X-polarization. A tuning range of 95 nm with high output powers could be obtained. Furthermore, applying the pinhole method the fluorescence lifetime was determined to be 2.2 μs. The obtained results revealed that Yb:YCOB is a promising candidate for the generation of very short pulses at high pulse energies in the thin disk laser setup

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft
Journal Volume
43
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
[1 p.]
ISSN
0420-0195
CODEN
VDPEAZ

Conference

Title
2008 DPG spring meeting. Jointly spring meeting of the working group AMOP of the professional associations atomic physics, short time physics, mass spectrometry, molecule physics, plasma physics, quantum optics and photonics and the professional associations hadrons and cores, environmental physics
Original Conference Title
DPG Fruehjahrstagung 2008. Gemeinsame Fruehjahrstagung des Arbeitskreises AMOP mit den Fachverbaenden Atomphysik, Kurzzeitphysik, Massenspektrometrie, Molekuelphysik, Plasmaphysik, Quantenoptik und Photonik und den Fachverbaenden Hadronen und Kerne, Umweltphysik
Dates
10-14 Mar 2008
Place
Darmstadt (Germany)

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Notes
Session: Q 11.5 Di 09:30; No further information available