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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
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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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), 5368-5371. (doi:10.1364/OL.401011).

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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
PURE UUID: 7b64d1de-1f75-4c56-b268-688e3e41ea9f
ORCID for Gholamreza Shayeganrad: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5225-2176
ORCID for Silvia Cante: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5981-0855
ORCID for Jacob Mackenzie: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3355-6051

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Date deposited: 08 Jan 2021 17:30
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 03:53

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Author: Gholamreza Shayeganrad ORCID iD
Author: Silvia Cante ORCID iD
Author: Jorge Pelegrin Mosquera
Author: Wendell Bailey
Author: Jacob Mackenzie ORCID iD

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