Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 1, Issue 5, 05281(2003)

Performance of a liquid-nitrogen-cooled CW Tm, Ho:YLF laser

Yuezhu Wang, Xinlu Zhang*, Baoquan Yao, and Liqiang Dong
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  • National Key Laboratory of Tunable Laser Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001
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    A liquid-nitrogen-cooled Tm, Ho:YLF laser is constructed with a 10-mm-long Tm(6%) and Ho(0.5%) codoped yttrium lithium fluoride crystal pumped by a laser diode operating at 792 nm. The laser output power is improved by cooling the Tm, Ho:YLF crystal from 300 to 77 K. When the crystal is kept at 77 K, the laser threshold pump power is 230 mW, the slope efficiency is 27.4%, and the maximum optical-tooptical efficiency is 19.9%. At the same time, the relation between the input power and the output power at different temperatures is obtained.

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    Yuezhu Wang, Xinlu Zhang, Baoquan Yao, Liqiang Dong. Performance of a liquid-nitrogen-cooled CW Tm, Ho:YLF laser[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2003, 1(5): 05281

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    Received: Sep. 9, 2002

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jun. 6, 2006

    The Author Email: Xinlu Zhang (zhangxinlu1@sohu.com)

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