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

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul A. Crump ◽  
René Platz ◽  
Bernd Eppich ◽  
Juliane Rieprich ◽  
Arnim Ginolas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solid State ◽  
Duty Cycle ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Energy Class ◽  
Solid State Lasers ◽  
Highly Efficient ◽  
High Duty Cycle

scholarly journals High duty cycle, highly efficient fiber coupled 940-nm pump module for high-energy solid-state lasers

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
René Platz ◽  
Bernd Eppich ◽  
Juliane Rieprich ◽  
Wolfgang Pittroff ◽  
Götz Erbert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solid State ◽  
Duty Cycle ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Solid State Lasers ◽  
Core Diameter ◽  
Optical Efficiency ◽  
Power Pulse ◽  
Highly Efficient ◽  
Max Born ◽  
Wall Plug Efficiency

Tailored diode laser single emitters with long (6 mm) resonators and wide (1.2 mm) emission apertures that operate with 940 nm emission wavelength were assembled in novel edge-cooled vertically stacked arrays, and used to construct a compact and highly efficient fiber coupled pump source for Yb:YAG pulsed high-energy class solid-state lasers. The novel configuration is shown to allow repetition rates of 200 Hz at 1 ms pulse duration, at an output power of 130 W per single emitter. The emission of two stacked arrays was then optically combined to realize pump modules that deliver 6 kW peak power (pulse energy 6 J) from a 1.9 mm core diameter fiber, with wall plug efficiency of 50%. This represents a significant improvement in terms of duty cycle and electro-optical efficiency over conventional sources. The pump module has been successfully tested at the Max Born Institute, Berlin during trials for pumping of disk lasers.

Investigation of Yb3+-doped alumino-silicate glasses for high energy class diode pumped solid state lasers

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jörg Körner ◽  
Joachim Hein ◽  
Mirko Tiegel ◽  
Stefan Kuhn ◽  
Joachim Buldt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solid State ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Silicate Glasses ◽  
Energy Class ◽  
Solid State Lasers ◽  
Alumino Silicate ◽  
Diode Pumped

Efficient, high power 780 nm pumps for high energy class mid-infrared solid state lasers

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul A. Crump ◽  
Martin Wilkens ◽  
Marko Hübner ◽  
Seval Arslan ◽  
Markus Niemeyer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solid State ◽  
High Power ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Energy Class ◽  
Solid State Lasers ◽  
Mid Infrared

Characterization of diode-laser stacks for high-energy-class solid state lasers

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Pilar ◽  
Pawel Sikocinski ◽  
Alina Pranowicz ◽  
Martin Divoky ◽  
P. Crump ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solid State ◽  
Diode Laser ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Energy Class ◽  
Solid State Lasers

State-of-the-art Laser Ceramics for the Next-generation Solid-state Laser

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (10) ◽  
pp. 22-27
Author(s):  
Ho Jin MA ◽  
Ha-Neul KIM
Keyword(s):  
Solid State ◽  
Mechanical Characteristics ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Solid State Lasers ◽  
Laser Ceramics ◽  
Host Materials ◽  
Laser Systems ◽  
Energy Laser ◽  
High Energy Laser ◽  
Gain Media

Solid-state lasers have aroused many researchers’ interests for a variety of applications in military and industrial fields. Because of the preference for increased output power, Nd:YAG single crystals, which are the most widely used gain media, should be replaced by other more suitable candidates. Polycrystalline sesquioxide ceramics show great potential for use as gain media because their thermal and mechanical characteristics are suitable for use with high-energy laser systems. Recently, novel concepts of the gain media were also introduced. Herein, while briefly looking back on the progress of polycrystalline laser ceramics, we will discuss new interests in host materials and systems.

Generation of high-energy subnanosecond pulses by solid-state lasers

1972 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 534-534
Author(s):  
J. Emmett ◽  
J. McMahon ◽  
J. Letellier ◽  
J. Trenholme
Keyword(s):  
Solid State ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Solid State Lasers

scholarly journals Overview of ytterbium based transparent ceramics for diode pumped high energy solid-state lasers

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Paul David ◽  
Venkatesan Jambunathan ◽  
Antonio Lucianetti ◽  
Tomas Mocek
Keyword(s):  
Solid State ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Transparent Ceramics ◽  
Solid State Lasers ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Nanosecond Pulses ◽  
Large Size ◽  
Diode Pumped ◽  
Energy Laser ◽  
High Energy Laser

Development of high energy laser sources with nanosecond pulses at several hertz values for repetition rate has been very attractive in recent years due to their great potential for practical applications. With the recent advancement in fabricating large size laser quality transparent ceramics, diode pumped solid-state laser generating pulse energy of 100 J at 10 Hz has been recently realized at HiLASE center using Yb:YAG ceramic with Cr:YAG cladding. This review discusses Yb based high energy lasers, specific laser geometries for efficient thermal management and the role of transparent ceramics in such diode pumped high-energy-class solid-state lasers around the world.

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