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
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.