Power Scaling of a Q-switched laser designed for internal frequency conversion is demonstrated by combining two Nd:YVO4-gain-channels with a time-multiplexing scheme based on a single crystal photo elastic modulator (SCPEM). Both channels are coupled with a polarizer and share an output-coupler and acousto-optic modulator (AOM). In order to combine two channels by time multiplexing, the single crystal photo elastic modulator is used which switches between two channels, while the acousto-optic modulator conducts the Q-switching. This allows almost to double the average output power and repetition rate within a given laser resonator design.
COBISS.SI-ID: 11998747
We report on a reduced-complexity laser-diode-seeded master-oscillator-power-amplifier setup of a continuous wave fiber laser, with a single-stage ytterbium doped photonic crystal fiber amplifier. The laser is capable of generating up to 7.5 W single-transverse-mode, narrow-linewidth, polarized output suitable for second harmonic generation. The approach used possesses a further power scaling potential.
COBISS.SI-ID: 12069403
Abstract: We report on the operation and performance of a gain-switched Er:ZBLAN fiber laser based on an active pulsed diode pump system. The produced laser pulses offer high peak powers while retaining the high average powers and efficiency of the cw regime. The measured pulse duration was about 300 ns and nearly independent of the pump repetition frequency. The maximum obtained 68 W of peak power is the highest reported, to our knowledge, for diode-pumped Er:ZBLAN fiber lasers, and the 2 W of average power at the repetition frequency of 100 kHz is 2 orders of magnitude higher than previously reported average power in a pulsed regime. The obtained slope efficiency was 34%.
COBISS.SI-ID: 2330980