Quasi-three-level thin-disk laser at 1024 nm based on diode-pumped Yb:YAG crystal

✍ Scribed by A.G. Wang; Y.L. Li; X.H. Fu

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 82 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1612-2011
• DOI: 10.1002/lapl.201110022

✦ Synopsis

We present for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, a Yb:YAG laser operating in a continuous wave (CW) on the quasi-three-level laser at 1024 nm, based on the 2 F 5/2 -2 F 7/2 transition, generally used for a 1030 nm emission. The use of a pump module with 16 passes through the crystal allowed the realization of a Yb:YAG thin-disk laser with 370 mW of CW output power at 1024 nm. Moreover, intracavity second-harmonic generation (SHG) has also been achieved with a power of 45 mW at 512 nm by using a LiB3O5 (LBO) nonlinear crystal.

Total output power at 1024 nm, mW