Efficient Q-switched Tm:YAG ceramic slab laser pumped by a 792nm fiber laser

High-efficient continuous wave (cw) and actively Q-switched Tm:YAG ceramic lasers were described successfully. Pumping with fiber coupled laser diode at 792nm, the maximum cw output power of 5.21W with improved beam quality was obtained with a slope efficiency of 46.1%. The shortest pulse width of 1...

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Published in:Optics communications 2013-01, Vol.286, p.288-290
Main Authors: Zhang, Shuaiyi, Wang, Xia, Kong, Weijin, Yang, Qinglei, Xu, Jianqiu, Jiang, Benxue, Pan, Yubai
Format: Article
Language:English
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Actively Q-switched
Laser diode-pumped
Tm:YAG ceramic slab
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Summary:High-efficient continuous wave (cw) and actively Q-switched Tm:YAG ceramic lasers were described successfully. Pumping with fiber coupled laser diode at 792nm, the maximum cw output power of 5.21W with improved beam quality was obtained with a slope efficiency of 46.1%. The shortest pulse width of 107ns was achieved with the pulse repetition frequency (PRF) of 0.5kHz, resulting in a largest pulse energy of 1.44mJ and a highest peak power of 13.42kW.
ISSN:0030-4018
1873-0310
DOI:10.1016/j.optcom.2012.08.087