Abstract

We report on interferometric measurements of the thermo-optical aberrations of the laser medium of an Yb:YAG thin-disk laser in pumped and cw lasing conditions at several pump-power levels with a mean repeatability of 5 nm. These measurements build the basis for future intracavity compensation of the aberrations with our deformable mirror in order to improve the fundamental-mode efficiency.

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Near fundamental mode 1.1 kW Yb:YAG thin-disk laser

Yuan Han Peng, Yu Xian Lim, James Cheng, Yipei Guo, Yan Ying Cheah, and Kin Seng Lai
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Suppression of nonlinear phonon relaxation in Yb:YAG thin disk via zero phonon line pumping

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Thermal behavior of resonant waveguide-grating mirrors in Yb:YAG thin-disk lasers

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