We present deformable mirrors for the intra-cavity use in high-power thin-disk laser resonators. The refractive power of these mirrors is continuously adaptable from &\#x02212;0.7 m&\#x02212;1 to 0.3 m&\#x02212;1, corresponding to radii of curvature ranging between 2.86 m (convex) and 6.67 m (concave). The optimized shape of the mirror membrane enables a very low peak-to-valley deviation from a paraboloid deformation over a large area. With the optical performance of our mirrors being equal to that of standard HR mirrors, we were able to demonstrate the tuning of the beam quality of a thin-disk laser in a range of M2 $=$ 3 to M2 $=$ 1 during laser operation at output powers as high as 1.1 kW.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Piehler:17
%A Piehler, Stefan
%A Dietrich, Tom
%A Wittmüss, Philipp
%A Sawodny, Oliver
%A Abdou Ahmed, Marwan
%A Graf, Thomas
%D 2017
%I OSA
%J Opt. Express
%K from:tomdietrich myown peer
%N 4
%P 4254--4267
%R 10.1364/OE.25.004254
%T Deformable mirrors for intra-cavity use in high-power thin-disk lasers
%U http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-25-4-4254
%V 25
%X We present deformable mirrors for the intra-cavity use in high-power thin-disk laser resonators. The refractive power of these mirrors is continuously adaptable from &\#x02212;0.7 m&\#x02212;1 to 0.3 m&\#x02212;1, corresponding to radii of curvature ranging between 2.86 m (convex) and 6.67 m (concave). The optimized shape of the mirror membrane enables a very low peak-to-valley deviation from a paraboloid deformation over a large area. With the optical performance of our mirrors being equal to that of standard HR mirrors, we were able to demonstrate the tuning of the beam quality of a thin-disk laser in a range of M2 $=$ 3 to M2 $=$ 1 during laser operation at output powers as high as 1.1 kW.
@article{Piehler:17,
abstract = {We present deformable mirrors for the intra-cavity use in high-power thin-disk laser resonators. The refractive power of these mirrors is continuously adaptable from \&\#x02212;0.7 m\&\#x02212;1 to 0.3 m\&\#x02212;1, corresponding to radii of curvature ranging between 2.86 m (convex) and 6.67 m (concave). The optimized shape of the mirror membrane enables a very low peak-to-valley deviation from a paraboloid deformation over a large area. With the optical performance of our mirrors being equal to that of standard HR mirrors, we were able to demonstrate the tuning of the beam quality of a thin-disk laser in a range of M2 $=$ 3 to M2 $=$ 1 during laser operation at output powers as high as 1.1 kW.},
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author = {Piehler, Stefan and Dietrich, Tom and Wittm\"{u}ss, Philipp and Sawodny, Oliver and Abdou Ahmed, Marwan and Graf, Thomas},
biburl = {https://puma.ub.uni-stuttgart.de/bibtex/2e59d79c812a71c2e29ffec420b20ee9e/ifsw},
doi = {10.1364/OE.25.004254},
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journal = {Opt. Express},
keywords = {from:tomdietrich myown peer},
month = feb,
number = 4,
pages = {4254--4267},
publisher = {OSA},
timestamp = {2018-04-20T09:31:09.000+0200},
title = {Deformable mirrors for intra-cavity use in high-power thin-disk lasers},
url = {http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-25-4-4254},
volume = 25,
year = 2017
}
