Continuous-wave generation and tunability of eye-safe resonantly diode-pumped Er:YAG laser

Michal Němec; Lukás Indra; Jan Šulc; Helena Jelínková

doi:10.1117/12.2207447

16 March 2016 Continuous-wave generation and tunability of eye-safe resonantly diode-pumped Er:YAG laser

Michal Němec, Lukás Indra, Jan Šulc, Helena Jelínková

Proceedings Volume 9726, Solid State Lasers XXV: Technology and Devices; 97261B (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2207447
Event: SPIE LASE, 2016, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Laser sources generating radiation in the spectral range from 1.5 to 1.7 μm are very attractive for many applications such as satellite communication, range finding, spectroscopy, and atmospheric sensing. The goal of our research was an investigation of continuous-wave generation and wavelength tuning possibility of diode pumped eye-safe Er:YAG laser emitting radiation around 1645 nm. We used two 0.5 at. % doped Er:YAG active media with lengths of 10 mm and 25 mm (diameter 5 mm). As a pumping source, a fibre-coupled 1452 nm laser-diode was utilized, which giving possibility of the in-band pumping with a small quantum defect and low thermal stress of the active bulk laser material. The 150 mm long resonator was formed by a pump mirror (HT @ 1450 nm, HR @ 1610 - 1660 nm) and output coupler with 96 % reflectivity at 1610 - 1660 nm. For continuous-wave generation, the maximal output powers were 0.7 W and 1 W for 10 mm and 25 mm long laser crystals, respectively. The corresponding slope efficiencies with respect to absorbed pump power for these Er:YAG lasers were 26.5 % and 37.8 %, respectively. The beam spatial structure was close to the fundamental Gaussian mode. A wavelength tunability was realized by a birefringent plate and four local spectral maxima at 1616, 1633, 1645, and 1657 nm were reached. The output characteristics of the designed and realized resonantly diode-pumped eye-safe Er:YAG laser show that this compact system has a potential for usage mainly in spectroscopic fields.

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Michal Němec, Lukás Indra, Jan Šulc, and Helena Jelínková "Continuous-wave generation and tunability of eye-safe resonantly diode-pumped Er:YAG laser", Proc. SPIE 9726, Solid State Lasers XXV: Technology and Devices, 97261B (16 March 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2207447

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