高功率掺铥固体激光器的研究

深圳大学光电工程学院,深圳市激光工程重点实验室,先进光学精密制造技术广东普通高校重点实验室,深圳 518060

光电子与激光技术; 固体激光器; Tm:YAP; 声光调Q; 掺铥固体激光器; 高功率

High power Tm-doped solid laser
Ren Xikui, Li Chunbo, Wang Dongdong, Du Chenlin, and Ruan Shuangchen

Ren Xikui, Li Chunbo, Wang Dongdong, Du Chenlin, and Ruan ShuangchenCollege of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Laser Engineering, Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Precision Manufacturing Technology of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, P.R.China

optoelectronics and laser technology; solid laser; Tm:YAP; acousto-optic Q-switched; Tm-doped solid laser; high power

DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1249.2015.04411

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报道一种室温下连续运转、结构紧凑、高效率、高功率L型折叠腔掺铥固体激光器.采用793 nm波长半导体二极管激光器对掺杂摩尔分数3%的 Tm:YAP 晶体进行双端泵浦,当泵浦功率120 W时,获得42 W中心波长1 988 nm的连续输出激光.声光调Q运转时,在重复频率10 kHz,泵浦功率120 W时, 平均输出功率达到39.4 W, 脉宽247.5 ns, 单脉冲能量3.94 mJ, 峰值功率16 kW, 斜率效率为35%.

We demonstrate a simple, compact and highly-efficient L-cavity-thulium-doped laser system working at room temperature.The Tm-doped Tm:YAP crystal is pumped by two 793 nm laser diodes at both ends of the crystal. Mole fraction of the Tm3+ in Tm:YAP crystal is 3%. With an incident pump power of 120 W, a maximum continuous-wave output power of 42 W is obtained at 1 988 nm. The average power of 39.4 W, a peak power of 16 kW, a single pulse energy of 3.94 mJ and a pulse width of 247.5 ns are achieved at pulse recurrence frequency of 10 kHz under an incident pump power of 120 W by using an acousto-optic Q-switch, and the slope efficiency is 35%.

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