Degradation of Laser Performance in Yb-Doped Oxide Thin-Disk Lasers at High Inversion Densities

Susanne T. Fredrich-Thornton; Rigo Peters; Klaus Petermann; Guenter Huber

doi:10.1364/ASSP.2009.TuB18

Advanced Solid-State Photonics
OSA Technical Digest Series (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2009),
paper TuB18
•https://doi.org/10.1364/ASSP.2009.TuB18

Degradation of Laser Performance in Yb-Doped Oxide Thin-Disk Lasers at High Inversion Densities

Susanne T. Fredrich-Thornton, Rigo Peters, Klaus Petermann, and Guenter Huber

Advanced Solid-State Photonics 2009

Denver, Colorado United States
1–4 February 2009
ISBN: 978-1-55752-864-3

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S. T. Fredrich-Thornton, R. Peters, K. Petermann, and G. Huber, "Degradation of Laser Performance in Yb-Doped Oxide Thin-Disk Lasers at High Inversion Densities," in Advanced Solid-State Photonics, OSA Technical Digest Series (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2009), paper TuB18.

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Abstract

Inversion dependent losses have been observed in Yb:Lu₂O₃and Yb:YAG thin-disk lasers leading to significant heating. A degradation of laser performance over time is found for Yb:Lu₂O₃. The different behaviour of the materials is discussed.

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