A 61-mJ, 1-kHz cryogenic Yb: YAG laser amplifier

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/ac140d

Abstract We report a diode-pumped rod-type Yb:YAG laser amplifier operating at 1 kHz. Cryogenic cooling method was adopted to make the Yb:YAG crystal work with four-level behavior. A single-frequency fiber laser acts as the seed in an actively Q-switched Yb:YAG oscillator. The resonator delivers 5.75-mJ pulses at 1 kHz with a pulse duration of approximately 40 ns. The pulses were amplified to 61 mJ in a four-pass rod-type Yb:YAG amplifier with optical-to-optical efficiency of 24% in the main amplifier. The M² parameter of the output laser is <1.4.

Keywords: ytterbium laser system Yb:YAG laser amplifier cryogenic laser amplification high energy laser amplification

Received: 27 May 2021
Revised: 09 July 2021
Accepted manuscript online: 14 July 2021

PACS:	42.60.Da	(Resonators, cavities, amplifiers, arrays, and rings)
	42.60.-v	(Laser optical systems: design and operation)
	42.60.Rn	(Relaxation oscillations and long pulse operation)

Fund: Project supported by the National National Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 12004262 and 62005184) and the Natural Science Foundation of Top Talent of SZTU (Grant No. 202024555101039).

Corresponding Authors: Xiaoyang Guo
E-mail: guoxiaoyang@sztu.edu.cn

Cite this article:

Huijun He(何会军), Jun Yu(余军), Wentao Zhu(朱文涛), Qingdian Lin(林庆典), Xiaoyang Guo(郭晓杨), Cangtao Zhou(周沧涛), and Shuangchen Ruan(阮双琛) A 61-mJ, 1-kHz cryogenic Yb: YAG laser amplifier 2021 Chin. Phys. B 30 124206

[1] Reagan B A, Baumgarten C, Jankowska E, Chi H, Bravo H, Dehne K, Pedicone M, Yin L, Wang H C, Menoni C S and Rocca J J 2018 High Power Laser Sci. Eng. 6 01000e11
[2] Manni J, Harris D and Fan T Y 2018 Opt. Commun. 417 54
[3] Guo X Y, Tokita S and Kawanaka J 2019 Appl. Phys. B 125 1
[4] Divoky M, Smrz M, Chyla M, et al. 2014 High Power Laser Sci. Eng. 2 02000e14
[5] Aggarwal R L, Ripin D J, Ochoa J R and Fan T Y 2005 J. Appl. Phys. 98 103514
[6] Fan T Y, Crow T and Hoden B 1998 Airborne Laser Advanced Technology, International Society for Optics and Photonics 3381 200
[7] Brown D C, Tornegard S and Kolis J 2016 High Power Laser Sci. Eng. 4 02000e15
[8] Calendron A L, Meier J, Hemmer M, Zapata L E, Reichert F, Cankaya H, Schimpf D N, Hua Y, Chang G Q, Kalaydzhyan A, Fallahi A, Matlis N H and Kärtner F X 2018 High Power Laser Sci. Eng. 6 01000e12
[9] Zhang Y K, Lu J Z, Ren X D, Yao H B and Yao H X 2009 Mater. & Design 30 1697
[10] Jiang Y, Yang J, Li P, Si H, Fu X and Liu Q 2020 Microw. Opt. Technol. Lett. 62 3655
[11] Guo X, Tokita S and Kawanaka J 2019 Opt. Express 27 45
[12] Wang Y, Chi H, Baumgarten C, Dehne K, Meadows A R, Davenport A, Murray G, Reagan B A, Menoni C S and Rocca J J 2020 Opt. Lett. 45 6615
[13] Gonçalvés-Novo T, Albach D, Vincent B, Arzakantsyan M and Chanteloup J C 2013 Opt. Express 21 855
[14] Cheng X J, Wang J L, Yang Z G, Liu J, Li L, Shi X C, Huang W F, Wang J F and Chen W B 2014 High Power Laser Sci. Eng. 2 e18
[15] Xiao K B, Yuan X D, Yan X W, Li M, Jiang X Y, Wang Z G, Li M Z, Zheng W G and Zheng J G 2016 Laser Phys. 26 035003
[16] Morrissey F X, Fan T Y, Miller D E and Rand D 2017 Opt. Lett. 42 707

[1]	Impact of amplified spontaneous emission noise on the SRS threshold of high-power fiber amplifiers Wei Liu(刘伟), Shuai Ren(任帅), Pengfei Ma(马鹏飞), and Pu Zhou(周朴). Chin. Phys. B, 2023, 32(3): 034202.
[2]	Continuous-wave optical enhancement cavity with 30-kW average power Xing Liu(柳兴), Xin-Yi Lu(陆心怡), Huan Wang(王焕), Li-Xin Yan(颜立新), Ren-Kai Li(李任恺), Wen-Hui Huang(黄文会), Chuan-Xiang Tang(唐传祥), Ronic Chiche, and Fabian Zomer. Chin. Phys. B, 2023, 32(3): 034206.
[3]	Precise measurement of ¹⁷¹Yb magnetic constants for ¹S₀–³P₀ clock transition Ang Zhang(张昂), Congcong Tian(田聪聪), Qiang Zhu(朱强), Bing Wang(王兵), Dezhi Xiong(熊德智), Zhuanxian Xiong(熊转贤), Lingxiang He(贺凌翔), and Baolong Lyu(吕宝龙). Chin. Phys. B, 2023, 32(2): 020601.
[4]	Raman lasing and other nonlinear effects based on ultrahigh-Q CaF₂ optical resonator Tong Xing(邢彤), Enbo Xing(邢恩博), Tao Jia(贾涛), Jianglong Li(李江龙), Jiamin Rong(戎佳敏), Yanru Zhou(周彦汝), Wenyao Liu(刘文耀), Jun Tang(唐军), and Jun Liu(刘俊). Chin. Phys. B, 2022, 31(10): 104204.
[5]	Spatiotemporal mode-locked multimode fiber laser with dissipative four-wave mixing effect Ming-Wei Qiu(邱明伟), Chao-Qun Cai(蔡超群), and Zu-Xing Zhang(张祖兴). Chin. Phys. B, 2022, 31(10): 104207.
[6]	A 658-W VCSEL-pumped rod laser module with 52.6% optical efficiency Xue-Peng Li(李雪鹏), Jing Yang(杨晶), Meng-Shuo Zhang(张梦硕), Tian-Li Yang(杨天利), Xiao-Jun Wang(王小军), and Qin-Jun Peng(彭钦军). Chin. Phys. B, 2022, 31(8): 084207.
[7]	Synchronous detection of multiple optical characteristics of atmospheric aerosol by coupled photoacoustic cavity Hua-Wei Jin(靳华伟), Ren-Zhi Hu(胡仁志), Pin-Hua Xie(谢品华), and Ping Luo(罗平). Chin. Phys. B, 2022, 31(6): 060703.
[8]	Mode splitting and multiple-wavelength managements of surface plasmon polaritons in coupled cavities Ping-Bo Fu(符平波) and Yue-Gang Chen(陈跃刚). Chin. Phys. B, 2022, 31(1): 014216.
[9]	Quality factor enhancement of plasmonic surface lattice resonance by using asymmetric periods Yunjie Shi(石云杰), Lei Xiong(熊磊), Yuming Dong(董玉明), Degui Sun(孙德贵), and Guangyuan Li(李光元). Chin. Phys. B, 2022, 31(1): 014217.
[10]	Brightening single-photon emitters by combining an ultrathin metallic antenna and a silicon quasi-BIC antenna Shangtong Jia(贾尚曈), Zhi Li(李智), and Jianjun Chen(陈建军). Chin. Phys. B, 2022, 31(1): 014209.
[11]	All-fiber laser seeded femtosecond Yb:KGW solid state regenerative amplifier Renchong Lv(吕仁冲), Hao Teng(滕浩), Jiajun Song(宋贾俊), Renzhu Kang(康仁铸), Jiangfeng Zhu(朱江峰), and Zhiyi Wei(魏志义). Chin. Phys. B, 2021, 30(9): 094206.
[12]	A 37 mJ, 100 Hz, high energy single frequency oscillator Yu Shen(申玉), Yong Bo(薄勇), Nan Zong(宗楠), Shenjin Zhang(张申金), Qinjun Peng(彭钦军), and Zuyan Xu(许祖彦). Chin. Phys. B, 2021, 30(8): 084208.
[13]	Omnidirectional and compact Tamm phonon-polaritons enhanced mid-infrared absorber Xiaomin Hua(花小敏), Gaige Zheng(郑改革), Fenglin Xian(咸冯林), Dongdong Xu(徐董董), and Shengyao Wang(王升耀). Chin. Phys. B, 2021, 30(8): 084202.
[14]	Solar energy full-spectrum perfect absorption and efficient photo-thermal generation Zhefu Liao(廖喆夫), Zhengqi Liu(刘正奇), Qizhao Wu(吴起兆), Xiaoshan Liu(刘晓山), Xuefeng Zhan(詹学峰), Gaorong Zeng(曾高荣), and Guiqiang Liu(刘桂强). Chin. Phys. B, 2021, 30(8): 084206.
[15]	Modeling of cascaded high isolation bidirectional amplification in long-distance fiber-optic time and frequency synchronization system Kuan-Lin Mu(穆宽林), Xing Chen(陈星), Zheng-Kang Wang(王正康), Yao-Jun Qiao(乔耀军), and Song Yu(喻松). Chin. Phys. B, 2021, 30(7): 074208.

No Suggested Reading articles found!

Viewed

Full text

Abstract

Cited

Metrics
Related Articles

A 61-mJ, 1-kHz cryogenic Yb: YAG laser amplifier

Cite this article:

Online attention