Abstract
Progress in the development of laser diodes has attracted a lot of interest to Yb-doped gain media over the last few decades. Such gain media are of a quasi-three-level nature, and have a narrow absorption bandwidth, previously considered as undesirable, but then turned out to be advantageous with the availability of powerful high-brightness pump diodes. Together with the invention of the thin-disk concept [1] and routine growth of Yb:YAG crystals [2] a new class of thin-disk solid-state diode-pumped lasers was established [3]. These systems are truly power-scalable, have large mode areas over the optical elements and are sensitive to misalignment.
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Notes
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The solutions of the equation provide \(q\) parameter expressed through the matrix elements.
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The tangential plane is parallel to an optical table and the sagittal plane is perpendicular.
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in high power oscillator the use of transmissive optics is undesirable, therefore mirrors play role of lenses
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defined as \(1/e^2\) intensity drop
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Pronin, O. (2014). High-Power Thin-Disk Resonator and Gain Medium. In: Towards a Compact Thin-Disk-Based Femtosecond XUV Source. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01511-8_3
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