We demonstrate a high power, high brightness, slab amplifier based on face-pumped Nd:YAG slab gain modules,having a high efficient hybrid cooling system of the conduction cooling and forced convection cooling. Using a...We demonstrate a high power, high brightness, slab amplifier based on face-pumped Nd:YAG slab gain modules,having a high efficient hybrid cooling system of the conduction cooling and forced convection cooling. Using a single gain module, a laser output power up to 4.5 kW with a remarkable optical-optical conversion efficiency of 51% is realized, indicating an excellent lasing performance of the Nd:YAG slab module. The amplifier operates at a repetition rate of 700 Hz and delivers a maximum average output power exceeding 10.5 kW with pulse duration of 150us. A good beam quality factor is measured to be β = 1.9. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest brightness for a 10 kW level Nd:YAG slab amplifier.展开更多
We report a continuous-wave end-pumped Nd:YVη4 zigzag slab laser with multilayer amplified spontaneous emission(ASE)absorbing coatings.The coatings are deposited on the slab faces.A five-layer structure consists of S...We report a continuous-wave end-pumped Nd:YVη4 zigzag slab laser with multilayer amplified spontaneous emission(ASE)absorbing coatings.The coatings are deposited on the slab faces.A five-layer structure consists of SiO2-Ti-SiO2-Ti-Au,and the thicknesses are 2520 nm,10 nm,160 nm,24 nm and 200 nm,respectively.The designed coatings show good performance for the ASE control in the experimental tests.A stable-unstable hybrid laser oscillator along orthogonal directions in the slab aperture is further configured,achieving the 117 W output at a pump of 328 W.The beam quality factors M2 in the unstable direction and stable direction are 1.57 and1.66,respectively.展开更多
文摘We demonstrate a high power, high brightness, slab amplifier based on face-pumped Nd:YAG slab gain modules,having a high efficient hybrid cooling system of the conduction cooling and forced convection cooling. Using a single gain module, a laser output power up to 4.5 kW with a remarkable optical-optical conversion efficiency of 51% is realized, indicating an excellent lasing performance of the Nd:YAG slab module. The amplifier operates at a repetition rate of 700 Hz and delivers a maximum average output power exceeding 10.5 kW with pulse duration of 150us. A good beam quality factor is measured to be β = 1.9. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest brightness for a 10 kW level Nd:YAG slab amplifier.
基金Supported by the National Key R&D of China(Grant No.2016YFB0402103)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61875208)the Knowledge Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.GJJSTD20180004)。
文摘We report a continuous-wave end-pumped Nd:YVη4 zigzag slab laser with multilayer amplified spontaneous emission(ASE)absorbing coatings.The coatings are deposited on the slab faces.A five-layer structure consists of SiO2-Ti-SiO2-Ti-Au,and the thicknesses are 2520 nm,10 nm,160 nm,24 nm and 200 nm,respectively.The designed coatings show good performance for the ASE control in the experimental tests.A stable-unstable hybrid laser oscillator along orthogonal directions in the slab aperture is further configured,achieving the 117 W output at a pump of 328 W.The beam quality factors M2 in the unstable direction and stable direction are 1.57 and1.66,respectively.
