An almost diffraction-limited output power of 750 W with a high optical efficiency of 58.5% from a thin-disk laser with one single Yb:LuAG crystal in the resonator was extracted by pumping into the zero-phonon absorption line at 969 nm. The beam propagation factor does not exceed M² = 1.56 across the whole power range. This is the best ever demonstrate performance with a single thin-disk in the laser resonator to date.
- B. Weichelt et al., Optics Letters 37 (15), 3045-3047 (August 2012)
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