Speaker
Andreas Tünnermann
(Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF, Jena, Germany, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute of Applied Physics, Jena, Germany)
Description
Solid-state lasers are attractive sources of coherent radiation. In the past 60 years different laser geometries have been developed to overcome challenges in power scaling conserving the beam quality. This contribution presents the physical and technical basics of solid-state lasers and their power scalability.
Primary author
Andreas Tünnermann
(Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF, Jena, Germany, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute of Applied Physics, Jena, Germany)
