Er:YAG crystal temperature influence on laser output characteristics

Michal Němec; Jan Šulc; Zbyněk Hubka; Kryštof Hlinomaz; Helena Jelínková

doi:10.1117/12.2250518

17 February 2017 Er:YAG crystal temperature influence on laser output characteristics

Michal Němec, Jan Šulc, Zbyněk Hubka, Kryštof Hlinomaz, Helena Jelínková

Proceedings Volume 10082, Solid State Lasers XXVI: Technology and Devices; 100821T (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2250518
Event: SPIE LASE, 2017, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

The main goal of this work was to investigate the influence of the temperature of the Er:YAG active medium on laser properties in eye-safe spectral region for three various pump wavelengths. The tested Er:YAG sample doped by 0.5% of Er³⁺ ions had a cylindrical shape with 25mm in length and 5mm in diameter. The absorption spectrum of the Er:YAG active medium in the range from 1400nm up to 1700nm for temperatures 80K and 300K was measured. The crystal was placed inside the vacuum chamber of a liquid nitrogen cooled cryostat. The temperature was controlled within the 80 - 340K temperature range. Three pump sources generating at 1535, 1452, and 1467nm were applied. The first one was flash lamp pumped Er:glass laser (repetition rate 0.5 Hz, pulse duration 1 ms, pulse energy 148 mJ). The further two sources were fiber coupled laser diodes (repetition rate 10 Hz, pulse duration 10 ms, maximum pulse energies 106mJ and 195 mJ). The semi-hemispherical laser resonator consisted of a pump curved mirror and output plan coupler with a reflectivity of 90% @ 1645 nm. The laser output characteristics were investigated in dependence on temperature of active medium for three laser pumping systems. The output energy has an optimum in dependence on active medium temperature and pump wavelengths. The maximal generated laser energies were 16.2mJ (90 K), 28.7mJ (120 K), and 33.2mJ (220 K), for pump wavelengths 1452 nm, 1467 nm, and 1535 nm, respectively.

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Michal Němec, Jan Šulc, Zbyněk Hubka, Kryštof Hlinomaz, and Helena Jelínková "Er:YAG crystal temperature influence on laser output characteristics", Proc. SPIE 10082, Solid State Lasers XXVI: Technology and Devices, 100821T (17 February 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2250518

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Er:YAG lasers

Temperature metrology

Crystals

Laser systems engineering

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