High-Power Acoustic-Optical Q-Switched 1.83 µm Tm-Doped Bulk Laser

Autor: Guorui Lv, Lei Guo, Haiping Xu, Xian-An Dou, Qing Ye, Hui Kong, Yaling Yang, Jiaqi Wen, Jintian Bian, Kejian Yang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Photonics, Vol 10, Iss 8, p 876 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2304-6732
DOI: 10.3390/photonics10080876
Popis: We report on a high-power acoustic-optical (AO) Q-switched Tm:YLF laser operating at ~1.83 μm by controlling the transmittance of the output coupler. Under the continuous-wave (CW) operation, the maximum output power of 13 W is achieved, and the slope efficiency is up to 32.7%. With a YAG etalon inserted into the cavity, the linewidth is compressed below 0.5 nm with a maximum output power of 12.2 W. In the Q-switched state, the maximum pulsed output power of 10.32 W is achieved with a pulse duration of 150 ns when the repetition rate is 15 kHz. And the maximum pulsed energy of 1.13 mJ is generated with a duration of 131 ns at 5 kHz. As far as we know, this is the highest output power reported for the CW and pulsed 1.83 μm laser. In addition, the relationship between the output wavelength and crystal length is theoretically analyzed, which shows that increasing the loss of 1880 nm is the key to high-power 1.83 μm laser output.
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