%0 Journal Article %1 Ahmed:11 %A Ahmed, Marwan Abdou %A Haefner, Matthias %A Vogel, Moritz %A Pruss, Christof %A Voss, Andreas %A Osten, Wolfgang %A Graf, Thomas %D 2011 %I OSA %J Opt. Express %K %N 6 %P 5093--5103 %R 10.1364/OE.19.005093 %T High-power radially polarized Yb:YAG thin-disk laser with high efficiency %U http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-19-6-5093 %V 19 %X Radially polarized beams with an output power of 275 W, M2 $=$ 2.3 and an efficiency of about 52.5\% were generated from an Yb:YAG thin-disk laser. An intra-cavity circular resonant waveguide grating was used as a polarization selective mirror inside the laser cavity. We report on the design and the fabrication using a scanning beam interference lithography system and discuss the calculated and measured performances of the presented polarizing grating mirrors.

@article{Ahmed:11, abstract = {Radially polarized beams with an output power of 275 W, M2 $=$ 2.3 and an efficiency of about 52.5\% were generated from an Yb:YAG thin-disk laser. An intra-cavity circular resonant waveguide grating was used as a polarization selective mirror inside the laser cavity. We report on the design and the fabrication using a scanning beam interference lithography system and discuss the calculated and measured performances of the presented polarizing grating mirrors.}, added-at = {2023-08-16T15:47:47.000+0200}, author = {Ahmed, Marwan Abdou and Haefner, Matthias and Vogel, Moritz and Pruss, Christof and Voss, Andreas and Osten, Wolfgang and Graf, Thomas}, biburl = {https://puma.ub.uni-stuttgart.de/bibtex/2250345a7c0d636db42ce5868b87054cb/cp}, doi = {10.1364/OE.19.005093}, interhash = {08843faeaf39694ad8c1a9f2a459019d}, intrahash = {250345a7c0d636db42ce5868b87054cb}, journal = {Opt. Express}, keywords = {}, month = mar, number = 6, pages = {5093--5103}, publisher = {OSA}, timestamp = {2023-08-16T13:47:47.000+0200}, title = {High-power radially polarized Yb:YAG thin-disk laser with high efficiency}, url = {http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-19-6-5093}, volume = 19, year = 2011 }