Ti -Sapphire Thin-Disk Laser with Plano-Convex-Shaped Single-Crystal Diamond Heat Spreaders
At a Glance
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| Publication Date | 2019-06-01 |
| Authors | Jan-Hinnerk Wolter, Andreas VoĆ, Richard Balmer, Sandrine Ricaud, Marie Antier |
| Institutions | University of Stuttgart, Thales (France) |
| Citations | 1 |
Abstract
Section titled āAbstractāTitanium-doped sapphire (Ti:Al <sub xmlns:mml=āhttp://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathMLā xmlns:xlink=āhttp://www.w3.org/1999/xlinkā>2</sub> O <sub xmlns:mml=āhttp://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathMLā xmlns:xlink=āhttp://www.w3.org/1999/xlinkā>3</sub> ) is a gain medium with a very broad emission bandwidth allowing the generation and amplification of very short pulses (<; <; 00 fs) [1]. However, it is mainly used in rod laser architectures limiting its use to moderate average power. On the contrary, the thin-disk laser concept has proven to offer both power and energy scalability to a wide extent. Due to the relatively small gain product of Ti:sapphire compared to Yb-doped gain materials, especially Yb:YAG, and the temperature-dependent large fractional heating the task of building an efficient Ti:sapphire thin-disk laser oscillator is very challenging.