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High beam quality and high peak power Yb:YAG/Cr:YAG microchip laser
Optics Express
|January 16, 2019
Summary
Cryogenic cooling enhances Ytterbium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (Yb:YAG)/Chromium-doped YAG (Cr:YAG) monolithic microchip lasers. This cryogenic Yb:YAG/Cr:YAG system achieves superior pulse energy and peak power compared to room-temperature devices.
Area of Science:
- Lasers and Photonics
- Materials Science
- Cryogenics
Background:
- Passively Q-switched monolithic microchip lasers offer compact and efficient laser solutions.
- Yb:YAG and Cr:YAG are suitable materials for high-power laser applications.
- Cryogenic operation can potentially improve laser performance by reducing thermal effects.
Purpose of the Study:
- To theoretically analyze and experimentally investigate a passively Q-switched Yb:YAG/Cr:YAG monolithic microchip laser operating at cryogenic temperatures.
- To compare the performance of a cryogenically cooled system with room-temperature composite devices.
- To achieve high-energy and high-peak-power laser pulses with good beam quality.
Main Methods:
- Theoretical analysis of a passively Q-switched Yb:YAG/Cr:YAG monolithic microchip laser at cryogenic temperatures.
- Construction of a cryogenically cooled Yb:YAG/Cr:YAG laser system.
- Experimental investigation of emission performance, including pulse energy, peak power, and beam quality (M²).
- Varying the pump beam diameter to optimize output parameters.
Main Results:
- Laser pulses with 3.2 mJ energy, 6.1 MW peak power, and M² = 1.8 beam quality were achieved.
- Increasing the pump beam diameter resulted in higher energy pulses (32 mJ) at 25 MW peak power with M² = 5.4.
- These results represent the best reported performance for passively Q-switched composite Yb:YAG/Cr:YAG monolithic microchip lasers.
Conclusions:
- Passively Q-switched Yb:YAG/Cr:YAG monolithic microchip lasers operating at cryogenic temperatures show significant potential for improved performance.
- Cryogenic cooling enables higher pulse energy and peak power compared to room-temperature devices.
- The developed cryogenically cooled system demonstrates state-of-the-art performance for this class of lasers.
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