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Planar waveguide lasers: pros and cons of the architecture in the middle

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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Mackenzie, J.I.
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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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Abstract

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
Venue - Dates: Invited seminar to Coherent Inc, Santa Clara, CA, United States, 2010-01-29

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Local EPrints ID: 66344
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/66344
PURE UUID: c6af1aea-1861-47ae-8978-462e383120d0
ORCID for J.I. Mackenzie: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3355-6051

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Date deposited: 26 Mar 2010
Last modified: 07 Feb 2023 02:42

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Author: J.I. Mackenzie ORCID iD

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