High-brightness rotary disk lasers

Santanu Basu; Marly Camargo; John Donnelly

doi:10.1117/12.597070

27 April 2005 High-brightness rotary disk lasers

Santanu Basu, Marly Camargo, John Donnelly

Proceedings Volume 5707, Solid State Lasers XIV: Technology and Devices; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.597070
Event: Lasers and Applications in Science and Engineering, 2005, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

In this paper, we will present recent results from the first commercially available rotary disk laser. Rotary disk laser concept introduces physical motion as a new control element in solid state laser designs. Rotary disk lasers have the potential of producing much higher power in single-mode operation than other types of bulk solid state lasers. Rotary disk lasers also have the potential of generating much higher energy pulses than fiber lasers. The Nd-YAG rotary disk laser produced 30.8 W of output power in a single mode at 32.4% optical efficiency. In a preliminary test, 81.9 W was obtained from a single mode Yb-YAG rotary disk laser.

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Santanu Basu, Marly Camargo, and John Donnelly "High-brightness rotary disk lasers", Proc. SPIE 5707, Solid State Lasers XIV: Technology and Devices, (27 April 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.597070

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