Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Ultrahigh-efficiency 4-J, 10-Hz, Nd:YAG quasi-continuous-wave active mirror oscillator

  • Published:
Applied Physics B Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

We have demonstrated an ultrahigh-efficiency joule-class quasi-continuous-wave diode-pumped Nd:YAG active mirror oscillator that adopts a pumping scheme without any optical coupling elements and a direct cooling method. A maximum output energy of 4.1 J with the pulse width of 260 μs at the repetition rate of 10 Hz is obtained from a planar–planar cavity that contains four large-aperture slabs, corresponding to an optical-to-optical efficiency of 50.6 % and a slope efficiency of 61.1 %.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6
Fig. 7
Fig. 8
Fig. 9

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. G. Huber, C. Krankel, K. Petermann, Solid-state lasers: status and future [Invited]. J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 27, B93 (2010)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  2. W. Rodden, S. Kudesia, D. Hand, J. Jones, Comprehensive study of the long pulse Nd:YAG laser drilling of multi-layer carbon fibre composites. Opt. Commun. 210, 319 (2002)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  3. S. Favre, T. Sidler, R. Salathe, High-power long-pulse second harmonic generation and optical damage with free-running Nd:YAG laser. IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 39, 733 (2003)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  4. K. Walther, M. Brajdic, E. Kreutz, Enhanced processing speed in laser drilling of stainless steel by spatially and temporally superposed pulsed Nd:YAG laser radiation. Int. J. Adv. Manuf. Technol. 35, 895 (2008)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. K. Furuta, T. Kojima, S. Fujikawa, J. Nishimae, Diode-pumped 1 kW Q-switched Nd:YAG rod laser with high peak power and high beam quality. Appl. Opt. 44, 4119 (2005)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  6. X. Yang, Y. Bo, Q. Peng, H. Zhang, A. Geng, Q. Cui, Z. Sun, D. Cui, Z. Xu, High-beam-quality, 5.1 J, 108 Hz diode-pumped Nd:YAG rod oscillator–amplifier laser system. Opt. Commun. 266, 39 (2006)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  7. W. Zendzian, J. Jabczynski, M. Kaskow, L. Gorajek, J. Kwiatkowski, K. Kopczynski, 250-mJ, self-adaptive, diode-side-pumped Nd:YAG slab. Opt. Lett. 37, 2598 (2012)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  8. Y. Chen, W. Liu, Y. Bo, B. Jiang, J. Xu, J. Li, Y. Xu, Y. Pan, J. Xu, X. Feng, Y. Guo, Y. Shen, F. Yang, L. Yuan, H. Yuan, Q. Peng, D. Cui, Z. Xu, High-efficiency high-power QCW diode-side-pumped zigzag Nd:YAG ceramic slab laser. Appl. Phys. B 111, 111 (2013)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  9. J. Chen, J. Li, J. Xu, W. Liu, Y. Bo, X. Feng, Y. Xu, D. Jiang, Z. Chen, Y. Pan, Y. Guo, B. Yan, C. Guo, L. Yuan, H. Yuan, Y. Lin, Y. Xiao, Q. Peng, W. Lei, D. Cui, Z. Xu, 4350 W quasi-continuous-wave operation of a diode face-pumped ceramic Nd:YAG slab laser. Opt. Laser Technol. 63, 50 (2014)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  10. Z. Chen, Y. Xu, Y. Guo, B. Wang, J. Xu, J. Xu, H. Gao, L. Yuan, H. Yuan, Y. Lin, Y. Xiao, Y. Bo, Q. Peng, W. Lei, D. Cui, Z. Xu, 8.2 kW high beam quality quasi-continuous-wave face-pumped Nd:YAG slab amplifier. Appl. Opt. 54, 5011 (2015)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  11. R. Yasuhara, T. Kawashima, T. Sekine, T. Kurita, T. Ikegawa, O. Matsumoto, M. Miyamoto, H. Kan, H. Yoshida, J. Kawanaka, M. Nakatsuka, N. Miyanaga, Y. Izawa, T. Kanabe, 213 W average power of 2.4 GW pulsed thermally controlled Nd:glass zigzag slab laser with a stimulated Brillouin scattering mirror. Opt. Lett. 33, 1711 (2008)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  12. K. Tei, M. Kato, F. Matsuoka, Y. Niwa, Y. Maruyama, T. Matoba, T. Arisawa, High-repetition-rate 2-J Nd:YAG oscillator–amplifier system. Opt. Eng. 39, 320 (2000)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  13. F. Furch, B. Reagan, B. Luther, A. Curtis, S. Meehan, J. Rocca, Demonstration of an all-diode-pumped soft X-ray laser. Opt. Lett. 34, 3352 (2009)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  14. M. Divoky, S. Tokita, S. Hwang, T. Kawashima, H. Kan, A. Lucianetti, T. Mocek, J. Kawanaka, 1-J operation of monolithic composite ceramics with Yb:YAG thin layers: multi-TRAM at 10-Hz repetition rate and prospects for 100-Hz operation. Opt. Lett. 40, 855 (2015)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  15. T. Gonçalvès-Novo, D. Albach, B. Vincent, M. Arzakantsyan, J. Chanteloup, 14 J/2 Hz Yb3+:YAG diode pumped solid state laser chain. Opt. Express 21, 855 (2013)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  16. X. Fu, P. Li, Q. Liu, M. Gong, 3 kW liquid-cooled elastically-supported Nd:YAG multi-slab CW laser resonator. Opt. Express 22, 18421 (2014)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  17. B. Lv, Laser Optics (Higher Education Press, Beijing, 2003)

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

This work was supported in part by Tsinghua University Initiative Scientific Research Program, in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61308043 and 61205120).

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Center for Photonics and Electronics, State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

    Xing Fu, Tinghao Liu, Xinzhe Deng, Peilin Li, Qiang Liu & Mali Gong

  2. Department of Information Engineering, Academy of Armored Forces Engineering, Beijing, 100072, China

    Xingpeng Yan

Authors
  1. Xing Fu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Tinghao Liu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Xinzhe Deng
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Peilin Li
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Qiang Liu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Xingpeng Yan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. Mali Gong
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Mali Gong.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Fu, X., Liu, T., Deng, X. et al. Ultrahigh-efficiency 4-J, 10-Hz, Nd:YAG quasi-continuous-wave active mirror oscillator. Appl. Phys. B 121, 453–457 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-015-6252-4

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-015-6252-4

Keywords

Search

Navigation