Tunable Yb:KYW laser using volume Bragg grating in s-polarization

• We report on a volume-Bragg-grating tunable Yb:KYW laser. By using s-polarized light on the grating, we obtain an output power of 3 W in a single beam, doubled compared to earlier p-polarization results. The laser tunability was from 996 nm to 1048 nm. Detailed measurements of the laser spectrum revealed a bandwidth of 10 GHz.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Bandwidth; Laser beams; Laser tuning; Light polarization; Laser spectrum; Bragg gratings

Physics

Fysik

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