Hybrid solid state laser system using a neodymium-based master oscillator and an ytterbium-based power amplifier
Abstract
In a master oscillator-power amplifier (MOPA) hybrid laser system, the master oscillator (MO) utilizes a Nd.sup.3+ -doped gain medium and the power amplifier (PA) utilizes a diode-pumped Yb.sup.3+ -doped material. The use of two different laser gain media in the hybrid MOPA system provides advantages that are otherwise not available. The Nd-doped gain medium preferably serves as the MO because such gain media offer the lowest threshold of operation and have already been engineered as practical systems. The Yb-doped gain medium preferably serves in the diode-pumped PA to store pump energy effectively and efficiently by virtue of the long emission lifetime, thereby reducing diode pump costs. One crucial constraint on the MO and PA gain media is that the Nd and Yb lasers must operate at nearly the same wavelength. The 1.047 .mu.m Nd:YLF/Yb:S-FAP [Nd:LiYF.sub.4 /Yb:Sr.sub.5 (PO.sub.4).sub.3 F] hybrid MOPA system is a preferred embodiment of the hybrid Nd/Yb MOPA.
- Inventors:
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- Castro Valley, CA
- Livermore, CA
- Pleasanton, CA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 873652
- Patent Number(s):
- 6212215
- Assignee:
- Regents of University of California (Oakland, CA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01S - DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- hybrid; solid; laser; neodymium-based; master; oscillator; ytterbium-based; power; amplifier; oscillator-power; mopa; utilizes; -doped; medium; diode-pumped; material; media; provides; advantages; otherwise; available; nd-doped; preferably; serves; offer; lowest; threshold; operation; engineered; practical; systems; yb-doped; store; pump; energy; effectively; efficiently; virtue; emission; lifetime; reducing; diode; costs; crucial; constraint; lasers; operate; nearly; wavelength; 047; ylf; s-fap; liyf; sr; preferred; embodiment; power amplifier; preferred embodiment; master oscillator; pump energy; oscillator-power amplifier; diode pump; master oscillator-power; /372/
Citation Formats
Payne, Stephen A, Marshall, Christopher D, Powell, Howard T, and Krupke, William F. Hybrid solid state laser system using a neodymium-based master oscillator and an ytterbium-based power amplifier. United States: N. p., 2001.
Web.
Payne, Stephen A, Marshall, Christopher D, Powell, Howard T, & Krupke, William F. Hybrid solid state laser system using a neodymium-based master oscillator and an ytterbium-based power amplifier. United States.
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"Hybrid solid state laser system using a neodymium-based master oscillator and an ytterbium-based power amplifier". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/873652.
@article{osti_873652,
title = {Hybrid solid state laser system using a neodymium-based master oscillator and an ytterbium-based power amplifier},
author = {Payne, Stephen A and Marshall, Christopher D and Powell, Howard T and Krupke, William F},
abstractNote = {In a master oscillator-power amplifier (MOPA) hybrid laser system, the master oscillator (MO) utilizes a Nd.sup.3+ -doped gain medium and the power amplifier (PA) utilizes a diode-pumped Yb.sup.3+ -doped material. The use of two different laser gain media in the hybrid MOPA system provides advantages that are otherwise not available. The Nd-doped gain medium preferably serves as the MO because such gain media offer the lowest threshold of operation and have already been engineered as practical systems. The Yb-doped gain medium preferably serves in the diode-pumped PA to store pump energy effectively and efficiently by virtue of the long emission lifetime, thereby reducing diode pump costs. One crucial constraint on the MO and PA gain media is that the Nd and Yb lasers must operate at nearly the same wavelength. The 1.047 .mu.m Nd:YLF/Yb:S-FAP [Nd:LiYF.sub.4 /Yb:Sr.sub.5 (PO.sub.4).sub.3 F] hybrid MOPA system is a preferred embodiment of the hybrid Nd/Yb MOPA.},
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year = {2001},
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