Dr. Adolf Giesen Profile

Dr. Adolf Giesen

at Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt eV

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Publications (62)

Proceedings Article | 6 March 2013 Paper

Cr:ZnSe thin disk cw laser

G. Renz, J. Speiser, A. Giesen, I. Sorokina, E. Sorokin

Proceedings Volume 8599, 85991M (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2001486

KEYWORDS: Disk lasers, Fiber lasers, Continuous wave operation, Semiconductor lasers, Resonators, Laser systems engineering, Absorption, Thulium, Oscillators, Distortion

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Proceedings Article | 8 November 2012 Paper

High-power thin disk lasers

Adolf Giesen, Jochen Speiser

Proceedings Volume 8547, 85470B (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.982049

KEYWORDS: Disk lasers, Pulsed laser operation, High power lasers, Resonators, Photons, Laser development, Amplifiers, Optical amplifiers, Continuous wave operation, Mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 8 November 2012 Paper

Thin disk laser in the 2μm wavelength range

Jochen Speiser, Günther Renz, Adolf Giesen

Proceedings Volume 8547, 85470E (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.982053

KEYWORDS: Disk lasers, Fiber lasers, Semiconductor lasers, Diodes, YAG lasers, Continuous wave operation, Resonators, Numerical simulations, Holmium, Absorption

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Proceedings Article | 16 February 2011 Paper

High power thin disk Ho:YAG laser

Jochen Speiser, Günther Renz, Adolf Giesen

Proceedings Volume 7912, 79120C (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.873788

KEYWORDS: Disk lasers, YAG lasers, Continuous wave operation, Fiber lasers, Absorption, High power lasers, Numerical simulations, Holmium, Mirrors, Photons

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Proceedings Article | 12 January 2011 Paper

Muonic hydrogen spectroscopy: the proton radius puzzle

Aldo Antognini, François Nez, Fernando Amaro, François Biraben, João M. R. Cardoso, Daniel Covita, Andreas Dax, Satish Dhawan, Luis M. P. Fernandes, Adolf Giesen, Thomas Graf, Theodor Hänsch, Paul Indelicato, Lucile Julien, Cheng-Yang Kao, Paul Knowles, Franz Kottmann, Eric-Olivier Le Bigot, Yi-Wei Liu, José A. M. Lopes, Livia Ludhova, Cristina M. B. Monteiro, Françoise Mulhauser, Tobias Nebel, Paul Rabinowitz, Joaquim M. F. dos Santos, Lukas Schaller, Karsten Schuhmann, Catherine Schwob, David Taqqu, João F. C. A. Veloso, Randolf Pohl

Proceedings Volume 7993, 79931K (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.881629

KEYWORDS: Pulsed laser operation, Muons, Hydrogen, Scattering, Spectroscopy, X-rays, Magnetism, Mirrors, Chemical species, Laser scattering

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Proceedings Article | 28 February 2009 Paper

Thin disk laser: power scaling to the kW regime in fundamental mode operation

J. Mende, E. Schmid, J. Speiser, G. Spindler, A. Giesen

Proceedings Volume 7193, 71931V (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.809031

KEYWORDS: Resonators, Laser resonators, Modes of laser operation, Mirrors, Numerical simulations, Thermography, Diamond, Luminescence, Disk lasers, Laser applications

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Proceedings Article | 28 February 2009 Paper

50-kHz, 400-μJ, sub-100-fs pulses from a thin disk laser amplifier

Mikhail Larionov, Adolf Giesen

Proceedings Volume 7193, 71931S (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.812960

KEYWORDS: Optical amplifiers, Disk lasers, Crystals, Amplifiers, Pulsed laser operation, Laser crystals, Potassium, Dispersion, Mirrors, Fiber amplifiers

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Proceedings Article | 19 February 2009 Paper

Characterization of a coherently coupled 2x2 W fiber amplifier array

R. Nowack, R. Bähnisch, P. Mahnke, J. Speiser, A. Giesen

Proceedings Volume 7195, 719528 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.809052

KEYWORDS: Fiber amplifiers, Optical amplifiers, Fiber lasers, Fiber couplers, Semiconductor lasers, Oscillators, Polarization, Ytterbium, Beam splitters, Phase measurement

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Proceedings Article | 14 February 2008 Paper

Scaling of thin disk pulse amplifiers

Jochen Speiser, Adolf Giesen

Proceedings Volume 6871, 68710J (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.776849

KEYWORDS: Amplifiers, Crystals, Photons, Disk lasers, Absorption, Laser development, Luminescence, Continuous wave operation, Pulsed laser operation, Ions

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Proceedings Article | 14 February 2008 Paper

Advanced pulsed thin disk laser sources

Christian Stolzenburg, Andreas Voss, Thomas Graf, Mikhail Larionov, Adolf Giesen

Proceedings Volume 6871, 68710H (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.775151

KEYWORDS: Disk lasers, Crystals, Optical amplifiers, Picosecond phenomena, Pulsed laser operation, Amplifiers, Switching, Q switched lasers, Mirrors, Laser crystals

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Proceedings Article | 14 February 2008 Paper

Mode dynamics and thermal lens effects of thin-disk lasers

J. Mende, J. Speiser, G. Spindler, W. Bohn, A. Giesen

Proceedings Volume 6871, 68710M (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.776674

KEYWORDS: Resonators, Thermal effects, Numerical simulations, Laser resonators, Mirrors, Modes of laser operation, Disk lasers, Luminescence, High power lasers, Solid state lasers

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Proceedings Article | 26 April 2007 Paper

Intracavity beam shaping for high power thin-disk lasers

Andreas Voss, Marwan Abdou-Ahmed, Christof Neugebauer, Adolf Giesen, Thomas Graf

Proceedings Volume 6346, 63461U (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.738858

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Dielectric polarization, Resonators, Reflectivity, Wavefronts, High power lasers, Polarization, Crystals, Laser resonators, Laser crystals

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Proceedings Article | 19 February 2007 Paper

Pulsed Yb:YAG thin disk laser with 100 W at 515 nm

G. Hollemann, P. Heist, S. Heinitz, J. Symanowski, T. Eidam, C. Stolzenburg, A. Giesen

Proceedings Volume 6451, 64510D (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.709548

KEYWORDS: Disk lasers, Pulsed laser operation, Laser applications, Second-harmonic generation, Krypton, Mirrors, Crystals, Harmonic generation, Laser crystals, Semiconductor lasers

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Proceedings Article | 14 April 2006 Paper

GaSb-based VECSELs emitting at around 2.35 µm employing different optical pumping concepts

Nicola Schulz, Marcel Rattunde, Christian Manz, Klaus Köhler, Christoph Wild, Joachim Wagner, Svent-Simon Beyertt, Uwe Brauch, Thomas Kübler, Adolf Giesen

Proceedings Volume 6184, 61840S (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.661871

KEYWORDS: Quantum wells, Reflectivity, Semiconductor lasers, Absorption, Optical pumping, Resonators, Diamond, Optical microcavities, Quantum efficiency

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Proceedings Article | 23 February 2006 Paper

Characterization of general astigmatic laser beams

Andreas Letsch, Adolf Giesen

Proceedings Volume 6101, 610117 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.645866

KEYWORDS: Beam propagation method, Error analysis, Monochromatic aberrations, Standards development, Optical simulations, Laser beam propagation, Optical testing, Monte Carlo methods, Laser therapeutics, CCD cameras

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Proceedings Article | 15 October 2005 Paper

Characterization of a general astigmatic laser beam by measuring its ten second order moments

Andreas Letsch, Adolf Giesen

Proceedings Volume 5962, 59622F (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.624827

KEYWORDS: Beam propagation method, Laser beam propagation, Monochromatic aberrations, Standards development, Optical testing, Optical simulations, Laser therapeutics, CCD cameras, Transmission electron microscopy, Near field

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Proceedings Article | 23 December 2004 Paper

Thin-disk solid state lasers

Adolf Giesen

Proceedings Volume 5620, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.578272

KEYWORDS: Disk lasers, Laser development, Mirrors, Semiconductor lasers, Resonators, Pulsed laser operation, Quantum wells, Semiconductors, Solid state lasers, Laser systems engineering

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Proceedings Article | 8 July 2004 Paper

Results and scaling laws of thin-disk lasers

Adolf Giesen

Proceedings Volume 5332, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.547973

KEYWORDS: Disk lasers, Mirrors, Laser development, Semiconductor lasers, Resonators, Pulsed laser operation, Quantum wells, Semiconductors, Laser systems engineering, Optical amplifiers

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Proceedings Article | 10 November 2003 Paper

Picosecond thin disk regenerative amplifier

Daniel Mueller, A. Giesen, H. Huegel

Proceedings Volume 5120, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.515524

KEYWORDS: Optical amplifiers, Resonators, Pulsed laser operation, Amplifiers, Picosecond phenomena, Laser resonators, Electronics, Disk lasers, Diodes, Semiconductor lasers

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Proceedings Article | 30 May 2003 Paper

Results of a round-robin experiment on reflectivity measurments at a wavelength of 1.06 micron

Detlef Nickel, Christoph Fleig, Andrea Erhard, Andreas Letsch, Adolf Giesen, Marco Jupe, Kai Starke, Detlev Ristau, Oswald Wilhelm, Rudolf Huber, Rainer Haspel, Uwe Schuhmann, Chris Scharfenorth, Hans Joachim Eichler, Stefan Gliech, Angela Duparre, Michael Schulz-Grosser, Anna Krasilnikova, Alexandra Haise, Wolfgang Riede, Ona Balachninaite, Rimantas Grigonis, Valdas Sirutkaitis, Vladimir Kazakevich

Proceedings Volume 4932, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.472005

KEYWORDS: Reflectivity, Laser optics, Laser induced damage, Digital video discs, Laser therapeutics, Transmittance, Laser components, Spectrophotometry, Dielectric mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 4 June 2002 Paper

Optically pumped semiconductor thin-disk laser with external cavity operating at 660 nm

Moritz Mueller, Norbert Linder, Christian Karnutsch, Wolfgang Schmid, Klaus Streubel, Johann Luft, Svent-Simon Beyertt, Adolf Giesen, Gottfried Doehler

Proceedings Volume 4649, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.469242

KEYWORDS: Semiconductor lasers, Quantum wells, Absorption, Semiconductors, Mirrors, Reflectivity, Optical pumping, Optical semiconductors, Pulsed laser operation, Aluminium gallium indium phosphide

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Proceedings Article | 12 April 2001 Paper

Absorptance measurements of optical coatings: a round robin

Robert Chow, John Taylor, Zhouling Wu, Albert Boccara, Ulrike Broulik, Y. Chen, Mireille Commandre, Jean DiJon, Christoph Fleig, Adolf Giesen, Zhengxiu Fan, Pao-Kuang Kuo, Ramin Lalezari, Kent Moncur, H.-J. Obramski, Catherine Pelle, David Reicher, Detlev Ristau, Pierre Roche, Bernhard Steiger, Marshall Thomsen, Marc Von Gunten, Qiang Zhao

Proceedings Volume 4347, (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.425027

KEYWORDS: Silica, Absorption, Optical coatings, Reflectors, Mirrors, Calorimetry, Sputter deposition, Laser beam diagnostics, Metals, Optical testing

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Proceedings Article | 1 May 2000 Paper

Autostable injection locking of a 4x4 VCSEL array with on-chip master laser

Bernd Luecke, Guido Hergenhan, Uwe Brauch, Markus Scholl, Adolf Giesen, Hans Opower, Helmut Huegel

Proceedings Volume 3946, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.384381

KEYWORDS: Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, Modulation, Lawrencium, Microlens array, Phase shifts, Diffraction, Resistors, Superposition, Switching, Mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 22 December 1998 Paper

Optimization of laser active media for fast-flowing gas lasers

W. Pfeiffer, C. Schmitz, Adolf Giesen, Helmut Huegel

Proceedings Volume 3574, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.334433

KEYWORDS: Resonators, Mirrors, Electrodes, Laser beam propagation, Argon, Laser resonators, Laser systems engineering, Gas lasers, Laser stabilization, Active optics

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Proceedings Article | 2 July 1998 Paper

Instruments and standard measurement procedures for laser beam characterization

Ruediger Maestle, C. Schmitz, F. Varnik, Adolf Giesen, Helmut Huegel

Proceedings Volume 3405, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.312701

KEYWORDS: Standards development, Error analysis, Optical testing, Laser beam propagation, Laser beam characterization, Beam propagation method, Gaussian beams, Laser therapeutics, Measurement devices, Fourier transforms

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Proceedings Article | 1 November 1997 Paper

Multiwatt diode-pumped thin-disc Yb:YAG laser tunable between 1016 and 1062 nm

Martin Karszewski, Uwe Brauch, Karsten Contag, Adolf Giesen, Ingo Johannsen, Christian Stewen, Andreas Voss

Proceedings Volume 3176, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.293472

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Proceedings Article | 25 September 1997 Paper

Thermal deformation of reflective optics

Martin Huonker, Adolf Giesen, Helmut Huegel

Proceedings Volume 3102, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.281304

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Laser beam propagation, Beam guidance systems, Thermography, Reflectivity, Thermal effects, Beam propagation method, Resonators, Cooling systems, Optical components

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Proceedings Article | 22 September 1997 Paper

Systems of fiber-coupled diode lasers as versatile sources of high-brightness radiation

L. Bartelt-Berger, U. Becker, Uwe Brauch, Christoph Fleig, Adolf Giesen, Bernd Luecke, Hans Opower, C. Schomburg, Michael Schubert, Reinhard Springer

Proceedings Volume 3110, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.281343

KEYWORDS: Semiconductor lasers, Platinum, Multiplexing, Fiber lasers, Oscillators, Semiconducting wafers, Microscopes, Superposition, Laser cutting, Single mode fibers

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Proceedings Article | 18 August 1997 Paper

Near-diffraction-limited diode-pumped thin-disk Nd:YVO4 laser

Ralph Koch, Guenter Hollemann, R. Clemens, Hermann Voelckel, Adolf Giesen, Andreas Voss

Proceedings Volume 3097, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.281127

KEYWORDS: Neodymium lasers, Semiconductor lasers, Disk lasers, Mirrors, Diodes, Fiber coupled lasers, Nd:YAG lasers, Absorption, Resonators, Crystals

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Proceedings Article | 18 August 1997 Paper

Fast and compact adaptive mirror

Martin Huonker, Guenther Waibel, Adolf Giesen, Helmut Huegel

Proceedings Volume 3097, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.281090

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Actuators, Adaptive optics, Laser processing, Lightweight mirrors, Laser beam propagation, Head, Manufacturing, Modulation, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 2 May 1997 Paper

Simulations of the lasing properties of a thin-disk laser combining high-output powers with good beam quality

Karsten Contag, Uwe Brauch, Steffen Erhard, Adolf Giesen, Ingo Johannsen, Martin Karszewski, Christian Stewen, Andreas Voss

Proceedings Volume 2989, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.273678

KEYWORDS: Crystals, Laser crystals, Resonators, Absorption, Disk lasers, Mirrors, Photons, Diodes, Laser resonators, Optical simulations

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Proceedings Article | 4 April 1997 Paper

Optimized homogeneity and stability of gas discharges in fast flow CO2-laser systems operating at the choking limit

W. Pfeiffer, C. Schmitz, Adolf Giesen, Helmut Huegel

Proceedings Volume 3092, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.270222

KEYWORDS: Electrodes, Distortion, Modeling, Phase measurement, Interferometry, Temperature metrology, Carbon dioxide lasers, Laser sources, Gas lasers, Laser systems engineering

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Proceedings Article | 4 April 1997 Paper

Optimization of power deposition in rf-excited CO2-lasers by adding gas additives to the laser gas mixtures

C. Schmitz, W. Pfeiffer, Adolf Giesen, Helmut Huegel

Proceedings Volume 3092, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.270214

KEYWORDS: Gas lasers, Carbon dioxide lasers, Ionization, Argon, Carbon dioxide, Electronics, Velocity measurements, Argon ion lasers, Neodymium lasers, Photons

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Proceedings Article | 31 March 1997 Paper

Multihundred-watt diode-pumped Yb:YAG thin disc laser

Karsten Contag, Uwe Brauch, Adolf Giesen, Ingo Johannsen, Martin Karszewski, Ulrich Schiegg, Christian Stewen, Andreas Voss

Proceedings Volume 2986, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.269981

KEYWORDS: Diodes, Crystals, Resonators, Semiconductor lasers, Laser crystals, Absorption, Output couplers, Fiber coupled lasers, Mirrors, Temperature metrology

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