High Power Laser Science and Engineering, Volume. 6, Issue 4, 04000e62(2018)
Overview of ytterbium based transparent ceramics for diode pumped high energy solid-state lasers
Fig. 1. (a) Composite ceramic gain media used to achieve an output power of 520 W in microchip laser. (b) An output power of 520 W using YAG/Yb:YAG composite gain media. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [ 33 ].
Fig. 2. (a) Schematic of AMA concept used for LUCIA laser. (b) Crystalline and ceramic composites used in LUCIA laser to deliver an energy of 14 J. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [ 18 ].
Fig. 3. Multi-slab amplifier design adopted for DiPOLE laser systems. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [ 52 ].
Fig. 4. One of the ceramic discs used in DiPOLE-10 to generate an energy of 10 J at 10 Hz.
Fig. 5. Yb:YAG ceramic slabs used to achieve 100 J average energy per pulse in HiLASE.
Fig. 6. Output energy of 100 J against the pump energy. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [ 20 ].
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Samuel Paul David, Venkatesan Jambunathan, Antonio Lucianetti, Tomas Mocek. Overview of ytterbium based transparent ceramics for diode pumped high energy solid-state lasers[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2018, 6(4): 04000e62
Special Issue: HIGH ENERGY DENSITY PHYSICS AND HIGH POWER LASERS
Received: Jul. 25, 2018
Accepted: Nov. 9, 2018
Published Online: Dec. 27, 2018
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