Highly efficient 2 μm Tm:YAG ceramic laser

W L Gao; J Ma; G Q Xie; J Zhang; D W Luo; H Yang; D Y Tang; J Ma; P Yuan; L J Qian

doi:10.1364/OL.37.001076

Highly efficient 2 μm Tm:YAG ceramic laser

Opt Lett. 2012 Mar 15;37(6):1076-8. doi: 10.1364/OL.37.001076.

Authors

W L Gao¹, J Ma, G Q Xie, J Zhang, D W Luo, H Yang, D Y Tang, J Ma, P Yuan, L J Qian

Affiliation

¹ Department of Physics, Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (Ministry of Education), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.

PMID: 22446230
DOI: 10.1364/OL.37.001076

Abstract

We have experimentally demonstrated a highly efficient diode-pumped Tm:YAG ceramic laser operating at 2 μm wavelength. The maximum output power of 6.05 W was realized with a slope efficiency as high as 65%. As far as we know, it is the highest slope efficiency reported for Tm:YAG ceramic laser. The wavelength tuning experiment of Tm:YAG ceramic laser was carried out and the results suggest that Tm:YAG ceramic laser could operate simultaneously at multiple wavelengths in a wide range of 1884-2017 nm.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Absorption
Ceramics / chemistry*
Lasers, Solid-State*
Spectrometry, Fluorescence