Product Code: ICAL09_M102

The Unique Features and Application Examples of INNOSLAB Lasers
Authors:
Keming Du, Edgewave Gmbh; Wurselen Germany
Daijun Li, Edgewave Gmbh; Wurselen Germany
Peng Shi, Edgewave Gmbh; Wuerselen Germany
Shaojun Fu, Edgewave Gmbh; Wurselen Germany
Claus-Rudiger Haas, Edgewave Gmbh; Wurselen Germany
Xiaomeng Liu, Edgewave Gmbh; Wurselen Germany
Bingsong Qi, Edgewave Gmbh; Wurselen Germany
Jun Chen, Edgewave Gmbh; Wurselen Germany
Alexander Schell, Edgewave Gmbh; Wuerselen Germany
Presented at ICALEO 2009

Resulting from the optimal combination of slab shaped laser crystal, line shaped diode laser beam, large area and one dimensional conduction cooling and hybrid-resonator design, slab lasers unify features: high beam quality, short pulse duration, high pulse energy and high peak power, high pulse repetition rate and average power and scalability at superior performances. Furthermore, INNOSLAB lasers have high flexibility in beam profile, from circular beam profile, through line shaped one dimensional top-hat, to two dimensional top-hat with rectangular cross section. Those open for INNOSLAB laser a variety of unique applications with added value, such as glass processing, ablation, pumping of dye lasers and Ti:sapphire lasers and particle imaging velocimetry. In this talk, concepts, features and new developments of slab laser oscillators and amplifiers and examples of their favourable applications will be presented and discussed.