High power 1.9 micron pumped solid-state holmium lasers

Author

Budni, P.A. ; Lemons, M.L. ; Miller, C.A. ; Ketteridge, P.A. ; Pomeranz, L.A. ; Pollak, T.M. ; Schunemann, P.G. ; Lanier, K.L. ; Mosto, J.R. ; Chicklis, E.P.

Author_Institution

Sanders Associates Inc., Nashua, NH, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

7-12 May 2000

Firstpage

564

Abstract

Summary form only given. We describe the performance of unsensitized Ho:YAG lasers pumped by cw and pulse pumped Tm:LiYF/sub 4/ lasers. Optical-to-optical efficiencies of >17% were achieved in a TEM/sub 00/ Q-switched 2-micron laser operating at room temperature with an average power output >16 W. Mid-infrared generation was achieved in a ZnGeP/sub 2/ (ZGP), near degenerate optical parametric oscillator (OPO) with >6 W of output.

Keywords

Q-switching; holmium; laser transitions; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; solid lasers; 1.9 micron; 16 W; 17 percent; 2 micron; 6 W; LiYF/sub 4/:Tm; TEM/sub 00/ Q-switched 2-micron laser; YAG:Ho; YAl5O12:Ho; ZnGeP/sub 2/; average power output; cw pumped Tm:LiYF/sub 4/ lasers; high power 1.9 micron pumped solid-state holmium lasers; mid-infrared generation; near degenerate optical parametric oscillator; optical-to-optical efficiencies; pulse pumped Tm:LiYF/sub 4/ lasers; room temperature; unsensitized Ho:YAG lasers pumped; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Solid state circuits; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-634-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2000.907394

Filename

907394