L. Winkelmann
O. Puncken
C. Veltkamp
R. Kluzik
M. Frede
J. Neumann
D. Kracht
P. Weßels

210 W single-frequency laser with 88\% of output power in TEM00 mode for Advanced LIGO

Frontiers in Optics / Laser Science (FiO/LS)
11.-15. Oktober
San Jose
2009
Type: Konferenzbeitrag
Abstract
A solid-state laser for the next generation of gravitational wave detectors with 210W of single-frequency output power is presented. The measured TEM00 mode content, using a non-confocal ring cavity for beam analysis, was 88\%.