Different efficiency mechanisms inside solid-state laser: Calculation and experimental work

Author

Helal, Osama ; Tan, Yong ; Ding, Yunfeng ; Cai, HongXing

Author_Institution

Sch. of Sci., Changchun Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Changchun, China

fYear

2012

fDate

23-25 Aug. 2012

Firstpage

151

Lastpage

156

Abstract

Calculation of the different efficiency parameters of a pulsed solid-state laser is illustrated arithmetically to get efficiency factor and system slope efficiency. The calculated efficiencies are compared with those obtained from experimental work. The design of the pumping chamber is illustrated. Optical resonator losses are got experimentally in details. Different efficiency factors inside laser system are mentioned and how calculate them to get the efficiency factor and system slope efficiency also done. The present system has energy output of 160mJ and pulse width of 100 μ sec for efficiency factor 2.84% and system slope efficiency 1.36%. The combined loss inside resonator is 0.243.

Keywords

laser cavity resonators; neodymium; optical losses; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; solid lasers; YAG:Nd; efficiency 1.36 percent; efficiency 2.84 percent; efficiency factor; efficiency mechanisms; energy 160 mJ; optical resonator losses; pulsed solid-state laser; pumping chamber; system slope efficiency; time 100 mus; Cavity resonators; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Optical resonators; Pump lasers; Reflectivity; Solid lasers; Solid-state laser; efficiency factors; optical resonator loss; pumping chamber;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optoelectronics and Microelectronics (ICOM), 2012 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Changchun, Jilin

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2638-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICoOM.2012.6316239

Filename

6316239