Radially polarized Yb:YAG thin-disc laser

Marwan Abdou Ahmed; Moritz M. Vogel; Armin Austerschulte; Frank Sterns; Andreas Voss; Thomas Schoder; Monica Ubl; Marcus Pritschow; Thomas Graf

doi:10.1117/12.780230

16 April 2008 Radially polarized Yb:YAG thin-disc laser

Marwan Abdou Ahmed, Moritz M. Vogel, Armin Austerschulte, Frank Sterns, Andreas Voss, Thomas Schoder, Monica Ubl, Marcus Pritschow, Thomas Graf

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Proceedings Volume 6998, Solid State Lasers and Amplifiers III; 69980H (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.780230
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2008, Strasbourg, France

Abstract

Beams with radial polarization have attracted an increasing interest during the past few years because of their attractive properties. An overview of the different intra- or extra-cavity techniques to generate such beams is given in the present paper. The design, fabrication and characterization of a multilayer polarizing grating mirror developed for an Yb:YAG thin-disc laser resonator are reported. The potential of the proposed solution is discussed together with the first demonstration of a radially polarized Yb:YAG thin-disc laser.

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Marwan Abdou Ahmed, Moritz M. Vogel, Armin Austerschulte, Frank Sterns, Andreas Voss, Thomas Schoder, Monica Ubl, Marcus Pritschow, and Thomas Graf "Radially polarized Yb:YAG thin-disc laser", Proc. SPIE 6998, Solid State Lasers and Amplifiers III, 69980H (16 April 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.780230

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