High average power (105 W) Fe:ZnSe laser pumped by radiation of laser diode side-pumped Er:YAG lasers

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作者
Wu, Yingchen [1 ,2 ,3 ,4 ]
Zhou, Rui [2 ,4 ]
Zhou, Sikun [2 ,4 ]
Ren, Huaijin [2 ,4 ]
Zhang, Song [3 ]
Wei, Xingbin [2 ,4 ]
Shang, Jianli [2 ,4 ]
Wang, Weimin [2 ,4 ]
Leng, Mingyang [2 ]
Dai, Wenlin [2 ]
Yi, Jiayu [2 ,4 ]
Tang, Chun [2 ,4 ]
Chen, Lei [1 ]
机构
[1] Nanjing Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Opt Engn, Nanjing 210094, Peoples R China
[2] CAEP, Inst Appl Elect, Mianyang 621900, Sichuan, Peoples R China
[3] China Acad Engn Phys, Grad Sch, Beijing 100193, Peoples R China
[4] Natl Key Lab Sci & Technol Adv Laser & High Power, Mianyang 621900, Sichuan, Peoples R China
关键词
TEMPERATURE; ZNSE;
D O I
10.1364/OL.525052
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A high average power re -frequency operation Fe:ZnSe laser using laser diode side -pumped free -running Er:YAG lasers as activating sources is presented. Two pieces of subsurface layer doped Fe:ZnSe polycrystal are adoptive in a reflective resonator configuration and face -cooled by liquid nitrogen. A maximal Fe:ZnSe laser power of 105 W at a wavelength of 4.1 mu m is achieved upon pumping by ten home-made Er:YAG lasers with fiber coupled output working at a frequency of 250 Hz and a pulse duration of similar to 420 mu s. Corresponding to the maximum Fe:ZnSe laser power, the optical-optical efficiency and slope efficiency with respect to the absorbed pump power are 43% and 44% respectively. The beam quality factor M 2 is measured to be 3.4. To the best of our knowledge, it is the highest output average power of an Fe:ZnSe laser reported. (c) 2024 Optica Publishing Group
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页码:3476 / 3479
页数:4
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