Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 24, Issue 1, 88(2004)

Study of Laser Diode End-Pumped (Tm,Ho):YLF Laser

[in Chinese]1,2、*, [in Chinese]1, [in Chinese]1, and [in Chinese]1
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    The laser properties of laser diode end-pumped (Tm,Ho)∶YLF laser are studied. Based the characteristics of laser diode pumped quasi-three-level system,the energy transfer between Tm 3+ and Ho 3+ is discussed and the rate equations of (Tm,Ho)∶YLF laser are given. The influences of up-coversion effect and reabsorption loss on operation of laser diode pumped (Tm,Ho)∶YLF laser are analyzed theoretically,and the analytical expressions of threshold pump power and slope efficiency are gotten. At the same time, the experiment of (Tm,Ho):YLF microchip laser is conducted, when three crystal is kept at 29 ℃, the threshold pump power is 425 mW, the slope efficiency is 22.5%, the maximum optical-to-optical efficiency is 17.4%, and the relation between the input power and the output power at four different temperature is obtained. The experimental results are in good agreement with theoretical results.

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    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Aug. 8, 2002

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jun. 12, 2006

    The Author Email: (zhangxinlu1@sohu.com)

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