High power disk laser

Victor V. Apollonov

Prokhorov General Physics Institute RAS, Vavilova, Moscow.

DOI: 10.4236/ns.2013.55070                

Abstract

The mono-module disk laser concept is an effective design for diode-pumped solid-state lasers, which allows the realization of lasers with super-high output power, having very good efficiency and also excellent beam quality. Since the first demonstration of the principle in 1964 the output power of mono-module disk has been increased to the level of few kW in continuous wave (CW) mode of operation. “Zig-Zag” disk laser geometry does not look like as a perspective one for further output parameters growing. The scaling laws for mono-module disk laser design show that the limits for CW mode of operation are far beyond 100 kW for output power and the energy can be higher than 100 J in pulsed mode of operation. Due to the efficient porous cooling technology and possibility of amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) suppression the operation of the mono-module disk laser geometry is possible in CW and pulse-periodical (P-P) modes at extremely high output power.

Keywords

Disk Laser; Efficient Porous Cooling;Amplified Spontaneous Emission; “Zig-Zag” Geometry; Electrical Discharge CO₂-Lasers Ablation; Pulse-Periodical Mode of Operation

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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