Latest advances in high power and high brightness laser technology

Tracey Ryba; Sebastian Zaske; Sven-Silvius Schad; Alexander Killi

doi:10.1117/12.2509346

7 March 2019 Latest advances in high power and high brightness laser technology

Tracey Ryba, Sebastian Zaske, Sven-Silvius Schad, Alexander Killi

Proceedings Volume 10896, Solid State Lasers XXVIII: Technology and Devices; 108960W (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2509346
Event: SPIE LASE, 2019, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

A 5-kW thin disk laser with a beam parameter product (BPP) of ≤ 2.5 mm×mrad (50-μm processing fiber) has been realized. Target applications of this device include high speed laser cutting and remote (wobble) welding. Furthermore, we present an 8-kW thin disk laser system with a BPP of 4 mm×mrad (100-μm processing fiber) based on one disk. We also present results on a 18-kW thin disk laser based on two disks (125-μm processing fiber). A new line of thin disk lasers with output powers of 1-6 kW is introduced: up to four fiber outputs allow for a wide variety of time and energy sharing schemes.

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Tracey Ryba, Sebastian Zaske, Sven-Silvius Schad, and Alexander Killi "Latest advances in high power and high brightness laser technology", Proc. SPIE 10896, Solid State Lasers XXVIII: Technology and Devices, 108960W (7 March 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2509346

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