• High Power Laser Science and Engineering
  • Vol. 9, Issue 4, 04000e48 (2021)
Disheng Wei, Shuyi Mi, Ke Yang, Junhui Li, Jinwen Tang, Baoquan Yao*, Tongyu Dai, and Xiaoming Duan
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  • National Key Laboratory of Tunable Laser Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin150001, China
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    DOI: 10.1017/hpl.2021.37 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Disheng Wei, Shuyi Mi, Ke Yang, Junhui Li, Jinwen Tang, Baoquan Yao, Tongyu Dai, Xiaoming Duan. 202 W dual-end-pumped Tm:YLF laser with a VBG as an output coupler[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2021, 9(4): 04000e48 Copy Citation Text show less
    Diagrammatic sketch of the experimental setup.
    Fig. 1. Diagrammatic sketch of the experimental setup.
    Water absorption spectrum near 1908 nm (plotted using HITRAN data[11]) and laser wavelength shift.
    Fig. 2. Water absorption spectrum near 1908 nm (plotted using HITRAN data[11]) and laser wavelength shift.
    Dependence of the laser wavelength on temperature without active cooling in the VBG: (a) wavelength at different output power and corresponding temperature under different output power; (b) fitting of the relationship between wavelength and temperature, and corresponding theoretical curve.
    Fig. 3. Dependence of the laser wavelength on temperature without active cooling in the VBG: (a) wavelength at different output power and corresponding temperature under different output power; (b) fitting of the relationship between wavelength and temperature, and corresponding theoretical curve.
    Comparison of CW laser performance, including (a) output power and (b) wavelength under different heat dissipation methods for the VBG.
    Fig. 4. Comparison of CW laser performance, including (a) output power and (b) wavelength under different heat dissipation methods for the VBG.
    Beam quality at different average power levels: (a) beam quality of 160 W Tm:YLF laser without active cooling; (b) beam quality of 202 W Tm:YLF laser with microchannel cooling.
    Fig. 5. Beam quality at different average power levels: (a) beam quality of 160 W Tm:YLF laser without active cooling; (b) beam quality of 202 W Tm:YLF laser with microchannel cooling.
    Spectrum of the Tm:YLF laser.
    Fig. 6. Spectrum of the Tm:YLF laser.
    Disheng Wei, Shuyi Mi, Ke Yang, Junhui Li, Jinwen Tang, Baoquan Yao, Tongyu Dai, Xiaoming Duan. 202 W dual-end-pumped Tm:YLF laser with a VBG as an output coupler[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2021, 9(4): 04000e48
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