Jiang Benxue

End-Pumped Tm:YAG Ceramic Slab Lasers

Lasers from a Tm:YAG ceramic aare reported for the first time to our best knowledge. The Tm:YAG ceramic slab is end-pumped by a laser diode with central wavelength 792nm. At room temperature, the maximum continuous-wave output power is 4.5 W, and the sloping efficiency is obtained to be 20.5%. The laser spectrum of the Tm:YAG ceramic is centered at 2015nm.

Efficient Tm:YAG Ceramic Laser at 2 μm

We demonstrate a high-efficiency continuous-wave Tm:YAG ceramic laser pumped with a Ti:sapphire laser. An output power up to 860 mW is obtained under an absorbed pump power of 2.21 W at 785nm, corresponding to a slope efficiency of 42.1% and optical to optical efficiency of 22%. The measured central wavelength is 2012 nm.

Comparative spectroscopic investigation of Yb-doped YAG, YSAG and YLaO3 transparent ceramics

Transparent Yb doped YAG, YSAG and YaLaO3 ceramics are fabricated by using the co-precipitation method. The spectral properties and thermal parameters of these Yb doped cubic phase transparent ceramics are compared, and their different and potential applications are also analysed. The absorption cross-section and the emission cross-section of these ceramics are measured and calculated. The essential properties of these materials especially for the rep-rated pulsed high-energy diode-pumped solid-state lasers are investigated. The results show that Yb doped YAG, YSAG and YaLaO3 are all suitable materials used for diode-pumped solid-state lasers.

A 526 W Diode-Pumped Nd:YAG Ceramic Slab Laser

A diode-side-pumped Nd:YAG ceramic slab laser with a high power output is presented. An average power of 526 W is achieved at 1064 nm with a repetition rate of 120 Hz and a pulse width of 180 μs from a 93mm × 52mm × 8 mm ceramic slab at a pump power of 1928 W, corresponding to an optical-to-optical efficiency of 27.3%.

Room Temperature Diode-Pumped Tunable Single-Frequency Tm:YAG Ceramic Laser

A single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) Tm:YAG ceramic laser under room temperature conditions using double Fabry?P?rot etalons is investigated. The maximum single-frequency output power is 318 mW with a slope efficiency of 12.6%. The wavelength tuning range from 2005nm to 2029nm is achieved by tuning the obliquity of a 0.1-mm-thick etalon. The single frequency laser has a beam quality of M2 = 1.3 at the maximum single-frequency output power. The result is reported for the first time to the best of our knowledge. This SLM Tm:YAG ceramic laser can replace the Tm:YAG single crystal laser to be used as the seed laser for LIDAR laser systems.