103 W in-band dual-end-pumped Ho:YAG laser

被引：100
作者：
Shen, Ying-Jie [1 ]
Yao, Bao-Quan [1 ]
Duan, Xiao-Ming [1 ]
Zhu, Guo-Li [1 ]
Wang, Wei [1 ]
Ju, You-Lun [1 ]
Wang, Yue-Zhu [1 ]
机构：
[1] Harbin Inst Technol, Natl Key Lab Tunable Laser Technol, Harbin 15001, Peoples R China
来源：
OPTICS LETTERS | 2012年 / 37卷 / 17期
基金：
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词：
HO-YAG;
D O I：
10.1364/OL.37.003558
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
An efficient 2 mu m in-band pumped Ho:YAG laser was demonstrated. The resonator involves two Ho:YAG crystals, each of which was dual-end-pumped by two orthogonally polarized diode-pumped Tm:YLF lasers. The maximum continuous wave output power of 103 W was achieved, corresponding to a slope efficiency of 67.8% with respect to the incident pump power and an optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 63.5%. Under Q-switched mode, we obtained 101 W laser output at 30 kHz, corresponding to a slope efficiency of 66.2%. The beam quality or M-2 factor was found to be less than 2. (c) 2012 Optical Society of America
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页码：3558 / 3560
页数：3
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