Room temperature efficient continuous wave and Q-switched Ho:YAG laser double-pass pumped by a diode-pumped Tm:YLF laser

被引:57
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作者
Duan, X. M. [1 ]
Yao, B. Q. [1 ]
Song, C. W. [1 ]
Gao, J. [1 ]
Wang, Y. Z. [1 ]
机构
[1] Harbin Inst Technol, Natl Key Lab Tunable Laser Technol, Harbin 150001, Peoples R China
关键词
solid-state lasers; diode pumping; Tm:YLF; Ho:YAG; Q-switched;
D O I
10.1002/lapl.200810079
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report the room temperature continuous wave and acousto-optically Q-switched Ho:YAG laser double-pass pumped by a diode-pumped Tm:YLF laser. Continuous wave output power of 10.5 W at 2090 nm is obtained under the incident. pump power of 18.1 W, corresponding to a conversion efficiency of 58.0% and a slope efficiency of 65.7%. For the Q-switched regime the maximum pulse energy of 1.0 mJ and the minimum pulse width of 25 ns at the repetition rate of 10 kHz are achieved, resulting in a peak power of 40.0 kW. [GRAPHICS] The CW and 10 kHz repetition rate output power of Ho:YAG. Solid line is a linear fit to the CW output data (C) 2008 by Astro Ltd. Published exclusively by WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA
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页码:800 / 803
页数:4
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