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Title: 1-W average power levels and tunability from a diode-pumped 2. 94-[mu]m[integral] Er:YAG oscillator

Abstract

A tunable Er:YAG laser, side pumped by a quasi-cw InGaAs diode array, generates [gt] 500 mW of power at 2.936 [mu]m. The cavity is a 4-cm plano-concave resonator that uses total internal reflection on the pump face of the Er:YAG crystal to couple the diode emission into the resonating modes of the oscillator. Tuning is accomplished by angle tuning a 300-[mu]m-thick YAG etalon. The tuning range is 2.933--2.939 [mu]m. Thermal lensing limits the duty factor to 4% or 8%, depending on the Er:YAG crystal thickness (2 or 1 mm). A 2.5-cm-long resonator operates at an 11% duty factor and generates 1.3 W of average power.

Authors:
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  1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94550 (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
6833094
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-48
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Optics Letters; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 19:20; Journal ID: ISSN 0146-9592
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; SOLID STATE LASERS; DESIGN; PERFORMANCE; INFRARED RADIATION; TUNING; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; LASERS; RADIATIONS; 426002* - Engineering- Lasers & Masers- (1990-)

Citation Formats

Hamilton, C E, Beach, R J, Sutton, S B, Furu, L H, and Krupke, W F. 1-W average power levels and tunability from a diode-pumped 2. 94-[mu]m[integral] Er:YAG oscillator. United States: N. p., 1994. Web. doi:10.1364/OL.19.001627.
Hamilton, C E, Beach, R J, Sutton, S B, Furu, L H, & Krupke, W F. 1-W average power levels and tunability from a diode-pumped 2. 94-[mu]m[integral] Er:YAG oscillator. United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.19.001627
Hamilton, C E, Beach, R J, Sutton, S B, Furu, L H, and Krupke, W F. 1994. "1-W average power levels and tunability from a diode-pumped 2. 94-[mu]m[integral] Er:YAG oscillator". United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.19.001627.
@article{osti_6833094,
title = {1-W average power levels and tunability from a diode-pumped 2. 94-[mu]m[integral] Er:YAG oscillator},
author = {Hamilton, C E and Beach, R J and Sutton, S B and Furu, L H and Krupke, W F},
abstractNote = {A tunable Er:YAG laser, side pumped by a quasi-cw InGaAs diode array, generates [gt] 500 mW of power at 2.936 [mu]m. The cavity is a 4-cm plano-concave resonator that uses total internal reflection on the pump face of the Er:YAG crystal to couple the diode emission into the resonating modes of the oscillator. Tuning is accomplished by angle tuning a 300-[mu]m-thick YAG etalon. The tuning range is 2.933--2.939 [mu]m. Thermal lensing limits the duty factor to 4% or 8%, depending on the Er:YAG crystal thickness (2 or 1 mm). A 2.5-cm-long resonator operates at an 11% duty factor and generates 1.3 W of average power.},
doi = {10.1364/OL.19.001627},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6833094}, journal = {Optics Letters; (United States)},
issn = {0146-9592},
number = ,
volume = 19:20,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 1994},
month = {Sat Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 1994}
}