High average power flashlamp-pumped Cr:Tm:Ho:YAG laser at room temperature

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作者：

Long, Jingyu ^{[1
]}

Liu, Peipei ^{[1
]}

Yang, Kai ^{[1
]}

Zheng, Xinliang ^{[1
,2
]}

Ren, Zhaoyu ^{[1
,3
]}

Bai, Jintao ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

机构：

[1] Provincial Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic Technology, Institute of Photonics and Photo-Technology, Northwest University

[2] Department of Physics, Northwest University

[3] Shaanxi Engineering Technology Research Center for All Solid State Laser and Application

来源：

Zhongguo Jiguang/Chinese Journal of Lasers | 2009年 / 36卷 / 05期

关键词：

Cr:Tm:Ho:YAG laser; Laser technique; Quasi-three-level; Xenon-lamp pump;

D O I：

10.3788/CJL20093605.1037

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摘要：

A xenon flashlamp-pumped Cr:Tm:Ho:YAG laser operating at 2.1 μm is demonstrated. Since the Cr:Tm:Ho:YAG has a high threshold owing to its quasi-three-level nature and the complex energy transfer process between the doped ions, optimum ions concentration proportion and long pulse pumping are employed to achieve the 2.1-μm laser operating at room temperature. The ceramic pumping cavity with high diffuse reflectivity of 95% for effective pump band is used. With the cooling water temperature of 15°C, the maximum laser average power is 23.5 W at 10-Hz repetition frequency, and the maximum laser pulse energy is 2.58 J with a maximum slope efficiency of 4.3% at 5 Hz.

引用

页码：1037 / 1041

页数：4

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