Highly efficient 110-W closed-cycle cryogenically cooled Nd:YAG laser operating at 946-nm
Highly efficient 110-W closed-cycle cryogenically cooled Nd:YAG laser operating at 946-nm
We report a new, to the best of our knowledge, record power and efficiency for a 946 nm Nd:YAG laser, producing >110 W (5 TWm
−2 sr
−1) with a slope efficiency of 80%, with respect to absorbed pump power, and an optical-to-optical efficiency of 74%, with respect to incident power. To achieve this performance, we utilized a closed-cycle acoustic Stirling cryostat to maintain the gain medium temperature at ∼80 K and direct in-band pumping with a volume-Bragg-grating stabilized diode laser bar operating at 868 nm. Daily operation, including cycling of the laser crystal temperature, akin to a comparable water-cooled solid-state laser system, is demonstrated.
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Shayeganrad, Gholamreza
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Cante, Silvia
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Pelegrin Mosquera, Jorge
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Bailey, Wendell
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Mackenzie, Jacob
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1 October 2020
Shayeganrad, Gholamreza
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Cante, Silvia
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Pelegrin Mosquera, Jorge
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Bailey, Wendell
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Mackenzie, Jacob
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Shayeganrad, Gholamreza, Cante, Silvia, Pelegrin Mosquera, Jorge, Bailey, Wendell and Mackenzie, Jacob
(2020)
Highly efficient 110-W closed-cycle cryogenically cooled Nd:YAG laser operating at 946-nm.
Optics Letters, 45 (19), .
(doi:10.1364/OL.401011).
Abstract
We report a new, to the best of our knowledge, record power and efficiency for a 946 nm Nd:YAG laser, producing >110 W (5 TWm
−2 sr
−1) with a slope efficiency of 80%, with respect to absorbed pump power, and an optical-to-optical efficiency of 74%, with respect to incident power. To achieve this performance, we utilized a closed-cycle acoustic Stirling cryostat to maintain the gain medium temperature at ∼80 K and direct in-band pumping with a volume-Bragg-grating stabilized diode laser bar operating at 868 nm. Daily operation, including cycling of the laser crystal temperature, akin to a comparable water-cooled solid-state laser system, is demonstrated.
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Submitted date: 2 July 2020
Accepted/In Press date: 1 August 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 21 September 2020
Published date: 1 October 2020
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Local EPrints ID: 445817
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/445817
ISSN: 0146-9592
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