Andrew R. Awtry

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Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering | 2008

Jason K. Brasseur; Akheelesh K. Abeeluck; Andrew R. Awtry; Lei S. Meng; Kevin E. Shortoff; Nicholas J. Miller; Richard K. Hampton; Michael H. Cuchiara; David Kurt Neumann

We present our recent developments in high-power, high-efficiency cryogenic Yb:YAG laser systems. Specifically, we will discuss our 2.3-kW master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) which has shown optical wall-plug efficiencies above 30-% (diode-driver input to optical output). This laser system has been operated for long run times with continuous wave and pulsed output formats. The beam quality factor, M2, of the MOPA has been measured to be less than 2 and it is currently limited by the master oscillator. We are working to improve the devices beam quality and output power. In addition, we have demonstrated an all-cryogenic Yb:YAG laser that produced 29 W of optical power. Use of cryogenic diode laser pumps represents our next step towards achieving greater than 50% efficient high-power laser systems.

Archive | 2010

David Kurt Neumann; Nicholas J. Miller; Boris R. Nizamov; Thomas Lee Henshaw; Andrew R. Awtry; Jason K. Brasseur; Keith R. Hobbs; Jason A. Tobias; William E. McDermott

Archive | 2010