摘要
We report on a high energy, high repetition rate Ho:YAG master oscillator and power amplifier (MOPA), res- onantly dual-end-pumped by Tm:YLF lasers at room temperature. At the pulse repetition frequency of i kHz, we demonstrate a maximum energy of 30mJ per pulse with a 28.2ns pulse width in a Ho:YAG oscillator system resonantly double-end-pumped by Tm:YLF lasers. A maximum energy of 52mJ per pulse with a 30.5ns pulse width is achieved in the Ho: YA G amplifier, corresponding to a peak power of approximately 1.7 MW. The output wavelength is at 2090.6nm and 2096.9nm, and a beam quality factor of M2-2.1 is achieved.
We report on a high energy, high repetition rate Ho:YAG master oscillator and power amplifier (MOPA), res- onantly dual-end-pumped by Tm:YLF lasers at room temperature. At the pulse repetition frequency of i kHz, we demonstrate a maximum energy of 30mJ per pulse with a 28.2ns pulse width in a Ho:YAG oscillator system resonantly double-end-pumped by Tm:YLF lasers. A maximum energy of 52mJ per pulse with a 30.5ns pulse width is achieved in the Ho: YA G amplifier, corresponding to a peak power of approximately 1.7 MW. The output wavelength is at 2090.6nm and 2096.9nm, and a beam quality factor of M2-2.1 is achieved.
基金
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 61308009, the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation under Grant No 2013M540288, and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities under Grant No HIT.NSRIF.2014044.