Salman Noach

Jerusalem College of Technology, ISRAEL

Title: Developments of high power solid state Tm based laser and their applications

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Biography

Prof. Salman Noach worked for the past 20 years on various topics in the field of electro-optics (Micro optics, diffractive optics, optical communications, and development of applications related to Medical

Engineering).  In 2012, he founded the Solid State Lasers Laboratory at JCT and since then he is the head of the lab.

The lab is mainly engaged in applied research and development in the field of CW and pulsed solid-state lasers, Nonlinear optics, Raman wavelength shifting and Optical amplifiers in the SWIR and MID IR range. In He wrote more than eight publications about high power / energy per pulse Tm based lasers. 

Abstract

Two-micron lasers have recently attracted a lot of interest because of their potential for a wide range of applications; one of the barriers in this field is with the development of high-energy laser sources at this spectral regime.

The presentation will focus on some new laser developments enable to overcome this energy per pulse barrier:

Three kinds of Tm-based lasers will be presented: 

1. High energy per pulsed laser using PQS in the 2um range. 
2. Mili joule level tunable pulsed Tm based laser, with continuous spectral tenability.
3. Raman laser at 2200nm and 2300nm spectral range based on Tm laser.

Laser performance will present, as well results of laser interaction with tissue showed successful ablation in the medical field and preliminary results of   plastic welding.