High-energy Q-switched operation of a fiber-laser-pumped Er:YAG laser
High-energy Q-switched operation of a fiber-laser-pumped Er:YAG laser
A high-energy Q-switched Er:YAG laser in-band pumped by an Er,Yb co-doped fiber laser is reported. A simple two-mirror multi-mode resonator incorporating an electro-optic Q-switch and a multi-Brewster-plate polarizer was employed, together with a simple compensation scheme to reduce the depolarization loss due to thermally induced stress birefringence in the Er:YAG crystal at high pump powers. The laser yielded Q-switched pulses at 1617 nm with 30.5-mJ pulse energy and <20-ns pulse duration (FWHM) at 20-Hz repetition rate, corresponding to a peak power of >1.5 MW for 55 W of pump power at 1532 nm. The prospects for further improvement in Q-switched performance are discussed.
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Kim, J.W.
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Sahu, J.K.
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Clarkson, W.A.
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November 2011
Kim, J.W.
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Sahu, J.K.
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Clarkson, W.A.
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Kim, J.W., Sahu, J.K. and Clarkson, W.A.
(2011)
High-energy Q-switched operation of a fiber-laser-pumped Er:YAG laser.
Applied Physics B, 105 (2), .
(doi:10.1007/s00340-011-4542-z).
Abstract
A high-energy Q-switched Er:YAG laser in-band pumped by an Er,Yb co-doped fiber laser is reported. A simple two-mirror multi-mode resonator incorporating an electro-optic Q-switch and a multi-Brewster-plate polarizer was employed, together with a simple compensation scheme to reduce the depolarization loss due to thermally induced stress birefringence in the Er:YAG crystal at high pump powers. The laser yielded Q-switched pulses at 1617 nm with 30.5-mJ pulse energy and <20-ns pulse duration (FWHM) at 20-Hz repetition rate, corresponding to a peak power of >1.5 MW for 55 W of pump power at 1532 nm. The prospects for further improvement in Q-switched performance are discussed.
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Published date: November 2011
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/355950
ISSN: 0946-2171
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