Planar waveguide lasers: pros and cons of the architecture in the middle
Planar waveguide lasers: pros and cons of the architecture in the middle
The performance of dielectric planar-waveguide lasers has had a chequered history, often overshadowed by other laser architectures, and/or application oriented fabrication research. In this presentation I will review some of the interesting highlights for this unique laser geometry, and attempt to give a balanced view as to their relative advantage and disadvantages with respect to other laser architectures. In the process I will discuss several of the research firsts demonstrated in the ORC at Southampton University, highlighting the key parameters that allowed them to be attained. The talk will culminate with a discussion of a recent world-record 100W result for a 946nm Nd:YAG planar waveguide laser, and where to next for power-scaling this challenging laser system.
Mackenzie, J.I.
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29 January 2010
Mackenzie, J.I.
1d82c826-fdbf-425b-ac04-be43ccf12008
Mackenzie, J.I.
(2010)
Planar waveguide lasers: pros and cons of the architecture in the middle.
Invited seminar to Coherent Inc, Santa Clara, CA, United States.
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The performance of dielectric planar-waveguide lasers has had a chequered history, often overshadowed by other laser architectures, and/or application oriented fabrication research. In this presentation I will review some of the interesting highlights for this unique laser geometry, and attempt to give a balanced view as to their relative advantage and disadvantages with respect to other laser architectures. In the process I will discuss several of the research firsts demonstrated in the ORC at Southampton University, highlighting the key parameters that allowed them to be attained. The talk will culminate with a discussion of a recent world-record 100W result for a 946nm Nd:YAG planar waveguide laser, and where to next for power-scaling this challenging laser system.
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Published date: 29 January 2010
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Invited seminar to Coherent Inc, Santa Clara, CA, United States, 2010-01-29
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