High Power Laser and Particle Beams, Volume. 34, Issue 1, 011007(2022)

Research progress and prospects of laser diode pumped high-energy laser

Jianli Shang1,3, Juntao Wang1,3, Wanjing Peng1,3, Hang Liu1,3,4, Dan Wang1,3, Yi Ma1,3, Bo Fu2, Yi Yu1,3, Yujun Feng1,3, Li Zhang2, Xu Ruan1,3, Quanwei Jin1,3, Jiayu Yi1,3, Xianlin Ye1,3,4, Yinhong Sun1,3, Weiping Wang2, and Qingsong Gao1,3
Author Affiliations
  • 1Institute of Applied Electronics, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, China
  • 2Institute of Fluid Physics, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, China
  • 3Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on High Energy Laser, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, China
  • 4Graduate School of China Academy of Engineering Physics, Beijing 100088, China
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    Figures & Tables(31)
    Schematic diagram of 105 kW laser of Northrop Grumman
    Schematic diagram of the composite cooling large surface pump slats of TIPC-CAS
    Schematic diagram of end-pumped slab laser with conduction cooling structure
    Schematic diagram of end-pumped YAG slab laser with MOPA structure of CAEP
    30 kW laser design concept of Raytheon
    10 kW planar waveguide laser of CAEP
    Packaging evolution from the laboratory demonstration unit, to the optimized 100 kW head
    Direct liquid-cooled ThinZag laser of Textron
    Direct liquid-cooled thin-disk array laser of General Atomics
    Diagram of experimental setup of laser system of SIOM of CAS
    Experimental setup of 3.1 kW narrow linewidth fiber amplifier based on PRBS phase-modulated seed of MIT
    Scheme of the 3.25 kW all-fiber PM amplifier based on WNS phase-modulated seed of CAEP
    Experiments results of the 3.25 kW all-fiber PM amplifier based on WNS phase-modulated seed of CAEP
    Experimental setup of fiber laser combining system of Lincoln Laboratory
    Schematic of DOE common aperture coherent combining system of AFRL
    Spectrum of the SBC output beam at 30 kW of Lockheed Martin
    14 kW rubidium laser output at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    The 420 W green laser of Coherent
    Light path schematic diagram of green pulsed laser of TRUMPF
    Light path schematic diagram of 170 W extra-cavity frequency doubled green laser
    Slab green laser with MOPA structure(536 mJ@1 kHz)
    Light path schematic diagram of 550W green laser of IPG Photonics
    Light path schematic diagram of Yb:YAG thin slab chirped regenerative amplifier
    Light path schematic diagram of Yb:YAG thin slab multi-pass amplifier
    Schematic diagram of Yb:YAG single crystal fiber ps laser
    Schematic diagram of the DAPKL laser
    Gain module structure of Mercury
    Actual gain module structure of Lucia
    Distributed activated mirror structure laser
    • Table 1. Comparison of parameters about direct liquid cooling laser

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      Table 1. Comparison of parameters about direct liquid cooling laser

      generationpower/kWweight power ratio /(W·kg−1)volume power ratio/(kW·m−3)
      first150(synthesis)20050
      second100(single)285100
      third75(single)250280
      fourth122(single)333356
    • Table 2. Parameters of potassium, rubidium and cesium vapor lasers

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      Table 2. Parameters of potassium, rubidium and cesium vapor lasers

      elementatomic weightmelting point/℃boiling point/℃D2 line/nmD1 line/nmΔE/cm−1D2 Doppler linewidth (373 K) /nm
      K39.098363.65770766.70770.1157.70.00164
      Rb85.467838.89688780.25794.98237.50.00116
      Cs132.905428.84678852.35894.59554.10.00102
      elementHe 2P mixing rate/(104 s−1·Pa−1)He 2P3/2 broading rate/(10−5 nm·Pa)He 2P1/2 broading rate/(10−5 nm·Pa)quantum efficiency/%energy level lifetime/nsspontaneous emission rate/(106 s−1)
      K8.00.0340.02699.5626.7(D1)/26.3(D2)
      Rb0.0440.0440.03698.127.7(D1)/26.2(D2)36.1(D1)/38.1(D2)
      Cs0.00050.0720.06995.3≈30.5
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    Jianli Shang, Juntao Wang, Wanjing Peng, Hang Liu, Dan Wang, Yi Ma, Bo Fu, Yi Yu, Yujun Feng, Li Zhang, Xu Ruan, Quanwei Jin, Jiayu Yi, Xianlin Ye, Yinhong Sun, Weiping Wang, Qingsong Gao. Research progress and prospects of laser diode pumped high-energy laser[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2022, 34(1): 011007

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    Paper Information

    Category: Thermal and Mechanical Effects of Laser

    Received: Jul. 30, 2021

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jan. 25, 2022

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    DOI:10.11884/HPLPB202234.210530

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