Progress in high duty cycle, highly efficient fiber coupled 940-nm pump modules for high-energy class solid-state lasers

R. Platz; C. Frevert; B. Eppich; J. Rieprich; A. Ginolas; S. Kreutzmann; S. Knigge; G. Erbert; P. Crump

doi:10.1117/12.2293512

1 March 2018 Progress in high duty cycle, highly efficient fiber coupled 940-nm pump modules for high-energy class solid-state lasers

R. Platz, C. Frevert, B. Eppich, J. Rieprich, A. Ginolas, S. Kreutzmann, S. Knigge, G. Erbert, P. Crump

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Proceedings Volume 10513, Components and Packaging for Laser Systems IV; 1051319 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2293512
Event: SPIE LASE, 2018, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Diode lasers pump sources for future high-energy-class laser systems based on Yb-doped solid state amplifiers must deliver high optical intensities, high conversion efficiency (η_E = > 50%) at high repetition rates (f = 100 Hz) and long pulse widths (τ = 0.5…2 ms). Over the last decade, a series of pump modules has been developed at the Ferdinand-BraunInstitut to address these needs. The latest modules use novel wide-aperture single emitter diode lasers in passively side cooled stacks, operate at τ = 1 ms, f = 100…200 Hz and deliver 5…6 kW optical output power from a fiber with 1.9 mm core diameter and NA of 0.22, for spatial brightness B_Ω > 1 MW/cm² sr. The performance to date and latest developments in these high brightness modules are summarized here with recent work focusing on extending operation to other pumping conditions, as needed for alternative solid state laser designs. Specifically, the electro-optic, spectral and beam propagation characteristics of the module and its components are studied as a function of τ for a fixed duty cycle DC = 10% for τ = 1...100 ms, and first data is shown for continuous wave operation. Clear potential is seen to fulfill more demanding specifications without design changes. For example, high power long-pulse operation is demonstrated, with a power of > 5 kW at τ = 100 ms. Higher brightness operation is also confirmed at DC = 10% and τ = 1 ms, with > 5 kW delivered in a beam with B_Ω > 4 MW/cm₂ sr.

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R. Platz, C. Frevert, B. Eppich, J. Rieprich, A. Ginolas, S. Kreutzmann, S. Knigge, G. Erbert, and P. Crump "Progress in high duty cycle, highly efficient fiber coupled 940-nm pump modules for high-energy class solid-state lasers", Proc. SPIE 10513, Components and Packaging for Laser Systems IV, 1051319 (1 March 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2293512

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