• Infrared and Laser Engineering
  • Vol. 49, Issue 7, 20190456 (2020)
Huihua Wang, Longxin Lin, and Xin Ye
Author Affiliations
  • 海军研究院,北京 102442
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    DOI: 10.3788/IRLA20190456 Cite this Article
    Huihua Wang, Longxin Lin, Xin Ye. Status and development trend of high power slab laser technology[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2020, 49(7): 20190456 Copy Citation Text show less
    Improvement of thermo-optical distortion by solid laser configuration change
    Fig. 1. Improvement of thermo-optical distortion by solid laser configuration change
    Development process of continuous wave pumped slab laser technology
    Fig. 2. Development process of continuous wave pumped slab laser technology
    Grumann's 100 kW CW-end pumped cooling slab laser module and MOPA link. The un-grayed parts represent copies of the two amplified links. YDFA: Yb doped fiber amplifier; PM: phase modulator; AOM: acousto-optic modulator; PA: pre-amplifier
    Fig. 3. Grumann's 100 kW CW-end pumped cooling slab laser module and MOPA link. The un-grayed parts represent copies of the two amplified links. YDFA: Yb doped fiber amplifier; PM: phase modulator; AOM: acousto-optic modulator; PA: pre-amplifier
    QCW single-sided pumped cooling slab laser module
    Fig. 4. QCW single-sided pumped cooling slab laser module
    Comparison of pump energy storage between multi-segment variable-doped slabs (bottom) and single-doped slabs (top)
    Fig. 5. Comparison of pump energy storage between multi-segment variable-doped slabs (bottom) and single-doped slabs (top)
    Power conversion process in a slab amplifier
    Fig. 6. Power conversion process in a slab amplifier
    Operating modeAdvantage
    CW end pumpLD bar has high average power, low quantity and low cost
    Low requirements on media size
    Thin slabs and high energy storage density
    No pulse drive power supply, the power supply is small
    Heat sink welding technology is less difficult
    QCW surface pumpHigh small signal gain, high energy conversion efficiency
    No need to bond undoped YAG at both ends
    Uniform energy storage
    Thickness of the slab is relatively thick, and the diffraction loss between amplification stages is small
    Brightness can be improved by coaxial non-coherent timing synthesis technology [16]
    Table 1. Comparison of laser characteristics of CW end-pumped and QCW surface-pumped slab lasers
    Huihua Wang, Longxin Lin, Xin Ye. Status and development trend of high power slab laser technology[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2020, 49(7): 20190456
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