Influence of disk aberrations on high-power thin-disk laser cavities

We present a systematic study on the influence of thin-disk aberrations on the performance of thin-disk laser oscillators. To evaluate these effects, we have developed a spatially resolved numerical model supporting arbitrary phase profiles on the intracavity components that estimates the intracavit...

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Veröffentlicht in:Optics express 2022-10, Vol.30 (22), p.39691-39705
Hauptverfasser: Seidel, Moritz, Lang, Lukas, Phillips, Christopher R., Keller, Ursula
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:We present a systematic study on the influence of thin-disk aberrations on the performance of thin-disk laser oscillators. To evaluate these effects, we have developed a spatially resolved numerical model supporting arbitrary phase profiles on the intracavity components that estimates the intracavity beam shape and the output power of thin-disk laser oscillators. By combining this model with the experimentally determined phase profile of the thin-disk (measured with interferometry), we can predict the operation mode of high-power thin-disk lasers, including mode degradation, higher-order mode coupling, and stability zone shrinking, all of which are in good agreement with experiment. Our results show that one of the main mechanisms limiting the performance is the small deviation of the disk’s phase profile from perfect radial symmetry. This result is an important step to scaling modelocked thin-disk oscillators to the kW-level and will be important in the design of future active multi-pass cavity arrangements.
ISSN:1094-4087
1094-4087
DOI:10.1364/OE.474183