• High Power Laser Science and Engineering
  • Vol. 8, Issue 1, 01000e10 (2020)
Wei Wang1, Di Sun1, Xiao Du1, Jie Guo2, and Xiaoyan Liang3
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai201800, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai201800, China
  • 3State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai201800, China
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    DOI: 10.1017/hpl.2020.8 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Wei Wang, Di Sun, Xiao Du, Jie Guo, Xiaoyan Liang. High-power operation of double-pass pumped Nd:YVO4 thin disk laser[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2020, 8(1): 01000e10 Copy Citation Text show less
    Schematic of the gain media and heat sink.
    Fig. 1. Schematic of the gain media and heat sink.
    Schematic of the experimental setup.
    Fig. 2. Schematic of the experimental setup.
    Output power and thin disk (TD) temperature versus absorbed pump power of (a) 1 at.% doped and (b) 0.5 at.% doped systems.
    Fig. 3. Output power and thin disk (TD) temperature versus absorbed pump power of (a) 1 at.% doped and (b) 0.5 at.% doped systems.
    Beam profiles of 1 at.% doped system at different absorbed pump powers: (a) 8.3 W, (b) 18.5 W, (c) 23.7 W, (d) 28.6 W and (e) 34.4 W.
    Fig. 4. Beam profiles of 1 at.% doped system at different absorbed pump powers: (a) 8.3 W, (b) 18.5 W, (c) 23.7 W, (d) 28.6 W and (e) 34.4 W.
    Beam profiles of 0.5 at.% doped system at different absorbed pump powers: (a) 9.1 W, (b) 18.5 W, (c) 24.4 W, (d) 28.8 W, (e) 34.7 W and (f) 38.8 W.
    Fig. 5. Beam profiles of 0.5 at.% doped system at different absorbed pump powers: (a) 9.1 W, (b) 18.5 W, (c) 24.4 W, (d) 28.8 W, (e) 34.7 W and (f) 38.8 W.
    Output beam quality. Near-field beam profile (upper left) and far-field beam profile (upper right).
    Fig. 6. Output beam quality. Near-field beam profile (upper left) and far-field beam profile (upper right).
    Two-dimensional temperature distributions of the undoped end face of the crystal at the maximum output power in simulations of (a) 1 at.% doped and (b) 0.5 at.% doped systems.
    Fig. 7. Two-dimensional temperature distributions of the undoped end face of the crystal at the maximum output power in simulations of (a) 1 at.% doped and (b) 0.5 at.% doped systems.
    Temperature distributions along with the undoped end face of (a) 1 at.% doped and (b) 0.5 at.% doped systems; the central axes of (c) 1 at.% doped and (d) 0.5 at.% doped systems.
    Fig. 8. Temperature distributions along with the undoped end face of (a) 1 at.% doped and (b) 0.5 at.% doped systems; the central axes of (c) 1 at.% doped and (d) 0.5 at.% doped systems.
    Thermal induced OPDs of (a) 1 at.% doped and (b) 0.5 at.% doped systems; equivalent radii of curvature fitting of (c) 1 at.% doped and (d) 0.5 at.% doped systems.
    Fig. 9. Thermal induced OPDs of (a) 1 at.% doped and (b) 0.5 at.% doped systems; equivalent radii of curvature fitting of (c) 1 at.% doped and (d) 0.5 at.% doped systems.
    Wei Wang, Di Sun, Xiao Du, Jie Guo, Xiaoyan Liang. High-power operation of double-pass pumped Nd:YVO4 thin disk laser[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2020, 8(1): 01000e10
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