Title :
Performance of high power 2 μm Ho:YAG laser
Author :
Ying-Jie Shen ; Bao-Quan Yao ; Xiao-Ming Duan ; Tong-Yu Dai ; You-Lun Ju ; Yue-Zhu Wang
Author_Institution :
Nat. Key Lab. of Tunable Laser Technol., Harbin Inst. of Technol., Harbin, China
Abstract :
We present a CW and Q-switched Ho:YAG laser resonantly dual-end-pumped by four diode-pumped Tm:YLF lasers at 1.908 μm. The maximum CW output powers of 111 W at 2.122 μm have been obtained.
Keywords :
Q-switching; holmium; laser cavity resonators; lithium compounds; optical pumping; solid lasers; thulium; yttrium compounds; CW holumium:YAG laser resonantly dual-end-pump; Q-switched holumium:YAG laser resonantly dual-end-pump; YAG:Ho; YLF:Tm; diode-pumped thulium:YLF lasers; power 111 W; wavelength 1.908 mum; wavelength 2 mum; wavelength 2.122 mum; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
