Wide-bandwidth ceramic Tm:Lu2O3 amplifier

John Vetrovec; Drew A. Copeland; Amardeep S. Litt; Eldridge Briscoe

doi:10.1117/12.2224411

13 May 2016 Wide-bandwidth ceramic Tm:Lu₂O₃ amplifier

John Vetrovec, Drew A. Copeland, Amardeep S. Litt, Eldridge Briscoe

Proceedings Volume 9834, Laser Technology for Defense and Security XII; 983407 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2224411
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2016, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

We report on the investigation of a novel ceramic Tm:Lu₂O₃ amplifier lasing at around 2-μm and offering efficient generation of high-energy pulses with high-peak power at high repletion rate, high efficiency, and with near-diffraction-limited beam quality (BQ). The amplifier has a bandwidth of over 300 nm, which offers broad tunability. The bandwidth also supports generation of ultrashort pulses in the femtosecond regime. The “2-for-1” pump architecture of the Tm ion enables high optical-to-optical efficiency while pumping at around 800 nm. High thermal conductivity of the Lu₂O₃ host supports operation at high-average power. The ceramic nature of the Lu₂O₃ host overcomes the scalability limits of single crystal sesquioxides.

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John Vetrovec, Drew A. Copeland, Amardeep S. Litt, and Eldridge Briscoe "Wide-bandwidth ceramic Tm:Lu₂O₃ amplifier", Proc. SPIE 9834, Laser Technology for Defense and Security XII, 983407 (13 May 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2224411

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