Journal
OPTICS AND LASER TECHNOLOGY
Volume 135, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2020.106720
Keywords
LuAG crystal; Cryogenic lasers; Diode pumped solid state laser; Passive Q-switching
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- European Regional Development Fund
- state budget of the Czech Republic (HiLASE CoE) [CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/15_006/0000674]
- European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program [739573]
- Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic (Program NPU I Project) [LO1602]
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This study presents the performance of diode-pumped Yb:LuAG lasers in cryogenic conditions in both continuous wave and pulsed modes, with a focus on the optimal crystal temperature of 140K. The use of Cr:YAG saturable absorbers for passive Q-switching resulted in significant improvements in pulse energy and peak power.
We report on diode pumped cryogenic Yb: Lu3Al5O12 (LuAG) laser in the continuous-wave and pulsed regime. Under given experimental condition, we determined an optimum crystal temperature of 140 K for efficient laser operation. A maximum output power of 10.46 W with slope efficiency values of 48.6 and 67% with respect to incident and absorbed power respectively were achieved for an output coupler transmission of 40%. Yb:LuAG laser performed significantly better at 140 K with an output power 16 times and slope efficiency 7 times better than the values at 240 K. Self-starting passively Q-switched Yb:LuAG lasers were also characterized using Cr:YAG saturable absorbers with three different initial transmissions. A maximum pulse energy of 0.215 mJ and a peak power of 1.46 kW were obtained corresponding to the shortest pulse duration of 148 ns.
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