High-power solid-state thin-disk modules, pump modules and solid-state lasers in SWIR region by CRYTUR

CRYTUR is developing and manufacturing a series of doped large monocrystalline yttrium aluminum garnets (YAG), widely used as diode-pumped solid-state laser active material. CRYTUR has recently introduced new thin-disk laser products resulting from the R&D collaboration between CRYTUR and the HiLASE center. Yb:YAG thin-disk module, the high-power solid-state laser active medium, has been fully tested up to 1 kW laser pump power in the SM and MM operation exceeding 500 W average output power in the MM and 300W in SM. Further, the thin disks from the Ho:YAG material providing 15W CW output have been developed, tested, and manufactured for the 2100nm thin-disk laser setup for optical free-space communication. For pumping of the Yb:YAG thin-disks the new compact thin-disk pump module, the thin-disk laser head, has been introduced also. The laser head has been tested with pump power up to 1 kW for lasing in CW mode.