Influence of temperature on Yb:YAG/Cr:YAG microchip laser operation

Jan Šulc; Jan Eisenschreiber; Helena Jelínková; Karel Nejezchleb; Václav Škoda

doi:10.1117/12.2252003

17 February 2017 Influence of temperature on Yb:YAG/Cr:YAG microchip laser operation

Jan Šulc, Jan Eisenschreiber, Helena Jelínková, Karel Nejezchleb, Václav Škoda

Proceedings Volume 10082, Solid State Lasers XXVI: Technology and Devices; 1008222 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2252003
Event: SPIE LASE, 2017, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

The goal of this work was an investigation of the temperature influence (in range from 80 up to 320 K) on the laser properties of Yb:YAG/Cr:YAG Q-switched diode-pumped microchip laser. This laser was based on monolith crystal (diameter 3mm) which combines in one piece an active laser part (Yb:YAG crystal, 10 at.% Yb/Y, 3mm long) and saturable absorber (Cr:YAG crystal, 1.36mm long, initial transmission 90% @ 1031 nm). The laser resonator pump mirror (HT for pump radiation, HR for generated radiation) was directly deposited on the Yb:YAG monolith part. The output coupler with reflection 55% for the generated wavelength was placed on the Cr:YAG part. The microchip laser was placed in the temperature controlled cupreous holder inside vacuum chamber of the liquid nitrogen cryostat. For Yb:YAG part longitudinal pulsed pumping (pumping pulse length 2.5 ms, rep-rate 20 Hz, power amplitude 21W) a fibre coupled (core diameter 400 μm, NA= 0:22) laser diode, operating at wavelength 933 nm, was used. The microchip laser mean output power, pulse duration, repetition rate, emission wavelength, and laser beam profile were measured in dependence on temperature. The generated pulse length was in range from 2.2 ns to 1.1 ns (FWHM) with the minimum at 230 K. The single pulse energy was peaking (0.4 mJ) at 180 K. The highest peak power (325 kW) was obtained at 220 K. The highest pulse repetition rate (38 kHz) and output mean power (370mW) was reached for temperature 80 K.

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Jan Šulc, Jan Eisenschreiber, Helena Jelínková, Karel Nejezchleb, and Václav Škoda "Influence of temperature on Yb:YAG/Cr:YAG microchip laser operation", Proc. SPIE 10082, Solid State Lasers XXVI: Technology and Devices, 1008222 (17 February 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2252003

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