• Chinese Journal of Lasers
  • Vol. 49, Issue 21, 2101002 (2022)
Qiao Chen1、2, Wenqi Ge1、2, Shengwei Bian3, Tianqi Wang1, and Jisi Qiu1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Optical Engineering Research Department, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China
  • 2School of Optoelectronics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3Science and Technology on Solid-State Laser Laboratory, The 11th Research Institute, China Electronics Technology Group Corporation, Beijing 100015, China
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    Qiao Chen, Wenqi Ge, Shengwei Bian, Tianqi Wang, Jisi Qiu. Thermal Effect of Side-Zigzag-Pumped Polygonal Nd∶YAG Thin Disk[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2022, 49(21): 2101002 Copy Citation Text show less
    Schematics of side-pumped polygonal thin-disk gain medium. (a) Pumping structure; (b) crystal structure; (c) transmission path of pump light
    Fig. 1. Schematics of side-pumped polygonal thin-disk gain medium. (a) Pumping structure; (b) crystal structure; (c) transmission path of pump light
    3D diagram of beam-shrinking coupling structure and two-dimensional pump light intensity distributions before and after beam shrinking
    Fig. 2. 3D diagram of beam-shrinking coupling structure and two-dimensional pump light intensity distributions before and after beam shrinking
    Schematics of side pumping at different medium cutting angles. (a) 90°;(b) 45°
    Fig. 3. Schematics of side pumping at different medium cutting angles. (a) 90°;(b) 45°
    Distribution matrix of volume element absorbed flux in gain medium
    Fig. 4. Distribution matrix of volume element absorbed flux in gain medium
    Two-dimensional normalized flux distributions of pump light on different sections in gain media with different cutting angles. (a) 90°;(b) 45°
    Fig. 5. Two-dimensional normalized flux distributions of pump light on different sections in gain media with different cutting angles. (a) 90°;(b) 45°
    Absorption flux distribution curves of pump light in gain media with different cutting angles. (a) Radial;(b) axial
    Fig. 6. Absorption flux distribution curves of pump light in gain media with different cutting angles. (a) Radial;(b) axial
    2D diagrams of temperature distributions in front face and axial direction of gain media with different cutting angles. (a) 90°;(b) 45°
    Fig. 7. 2D diagrams of temperature distributions in front face and axial direction of gain media with different cutting angles. (a) 90°;(b) 45°
    Surface temperature distributions of polygonal gain media with different cutting angles . (a) Radial; (b) axial
    Fig. 8. Surface temperature distributions of polygonal gain media with different cutting angles . (a) Radial; (b) axial
    Absorption flux distributions of pump light. (a) Simulation result; (b) measurement result of fluorescence distribution
    Fig. 9. Absorption flux distributions of pump light. (a) Simulation result; (b) measurement result of fluorescence distribution
    Experimentally measured surface temperature of crystal (unit: ℃)
    Fig. 10. Experimentally measured surface temperature of crystal (unit: ℃)
    Experimentally measured peak-valley values and RMS values of thermal wavefront distortion of gain medium
    Fig. 11. Experimentally measured peak-valley values and RMS values of thermal wavefront distortion of gain medium
    Experimentally measured slope efficiency of laser oscillator
    Fig. 12. Experimentally measured slope efficiency of laser oscillator
    3D distribution of beam intensity of oscillator output laser
    Fig. 13. 3D distribution of beam intensity of oscillator output laser
    ParameterUnitValue
    Pump wavelengthnm808
    Pump pulse widthμs250
    Pump frequencyHz100
    Peak power of single arrayW1800
    Crystal doping concentration(atomic fraction)0.3%
    Absorption coefficientcm-11.4
    Heat sink diametermm30
    Heat sink thicknessmm10
    Circulating water temperature25
    Ambient temperature23
    Table 1. Parameters of polygon thin-disk gain medium and pump source
    ParameterUnitValue
    Refractive index(nd)1.82
    Thermo-optic coefficient(∂n/∂T)K-17.3×10-6
    Thermal expansion coefficientK-17.5×10-6
    Rupture stresskg·cm-21.3×106-2.6×106
    Thermal conductivityW·cm-1·K-10.14
    Densityg·cm-34.56
    Young's moduluskg·cm-23×106
    Poisson's ratio0.28
    Stokes efficiency76%
    Specific heat capacityJ·kg-1·K-1590
    Table 2. Thermodynamic parameters of Nd∶YAG
    Qiao Chen, Wenqi Ge, Shengwei Bian, Tianqi Wang, Jisi Qiu. Thermal Effect of Side-Zigzag-Pumped Polygonal Nd∶YAG Thin Disk[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2022, 49(21): 2101002
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