High-power single-frequency Nd:YAG laser for gravitational wave detection

200433 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Maik Frede · Laser Zentrum Hannover

Ralf Wilhelm · Laser Zentrum Hannover

René Gau · Laser Zentrum Hannover

Martina Brendel · Laser Zentrum Hannover

I. Zawischa · Laser Zentrum Hannover

Carsten Fallnich · Laser Zentrum Hannover

Frank Seifert ·

Abstract

Experiments on a high-power Nd:YAG rod laser with an output power up to 97 W for the next generation of interferometric gravitational wave detectors will be presented. Furthermore, the highest injection-locked single-frequency output power of 87 W in a linearly polarized, diffraction-limited beam was demonstrated.

Topics & Keywords

Advanced Frequency and Time Standards Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Affordable and clean energy

Publication Details

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volume 21, Issue 5, pp. S895-S901

DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/21/5/078

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