Continuous wave and mode-locked Yb3+:Y2O3 ceramic thin disk laser

doi:10.1364/OE.20.010847

Continuous wave and mode-locked Yb³⁺:Y₂O₃ ceramic thin disk laser

Masaki Tokurakawa, Akira Shirakawa, Ken-ichi Ueda, Hideki Yagi, Takagimi Yanagitani, Alexander A. Kaminskii, Kolja Beil, Christian Kränkel, and Günter Huber »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 10, pp. 10847-10853 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.010847

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CW and mode-locked laser operation based on an Yb³⁺:Y₂O₃ ceramic thin disk is reported. In CW laser operation, an output power of 70 W with an optical-to-optical efficiency of 57.4% was achieved. A higher slope efficiency of 70% was also obtained with a 50-W pump laser diode with more suitable emission characteristics. In mode-locked laser operation, pulses as short as 547 fs with an average power of 7.4 W were obtained. To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of a high power CW and mode-locked laser operation based on Yb³⁺:Y₂O₃ ceramic thin disks.

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(140.3480) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, diode-pumped
(140.3580) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, solid-state
(140.4050) Lasers and laser optics : Mode-locked lasers

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Lasers and Laser Optics

History
Original Manuscript: March 13, 2012
Revised Manuscript: April 5, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: April 10, 2012
Published: April 25, 2012

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Masaki Tokurakawa, Akira Shirakawa, Ken-ichi Ueda, Hideki Yagi, Takagimi Yanagitani, Alexander A. Kaminskii, Kolja Beil, Christian Kränkel, and Günter Huber, "Continuous wave and mode-locked Yb³⁺:Y₂O₃ ceramic thin disk laser," Opt. Express 20, 10847-10853 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-10-10847

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[1] W. F. Krupke, “Ytterbium solid-state lasers: the first decade,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron.6(6), 1287–1296 (2000). [CrossRef]

[2] E. Stiles, “New developments in IPG fiber laser technology,” presented at The Fifth International Workshop on Fiber Lasers, Dresden, Germany, September 30–October 1, (2009).

[3] K. Beil, S. T. Fredrich-Thornton, F. Tellkamp, R. Peters, C. Kränkel, K. Petermann, and G. Huber, “Thermal and laser properties of Yb:LuAG for kW thin disk lasers,” Opt. Express18(20), 20712–20722 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[4] M. Baumgartl, F. Jansen, F. Stutzki, C. Jauregui, B. Ortaç, J. Limpert, and A. Tünnermann, “High average and peak power femtosecond large-pitch photonic-crystal-fiber laser,” Opt. Lett.36(2), 244–246 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[5] T. Eidam, J. Rothhardt, F. Stutzki, F. Jansen, S. Hädrich, H. Carstens, C. Jauregui, J. Limpert, and A. Tünnermann, “Fiber chirped-pulse amplification system emitting 3.8 GW peak power,” Opt. Express19(1), 255–260 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[6] T. Eidam, S. Hanf, E. Seise, T. V. Andersen, T. Gabler, C. Wirth, T. Schreiber, J. Limpert, and A. Tünnermann, “Femtosecond fiber CPA system emitting 830 W average output power,” Opt. Lett.35(2), 94–96 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[7] F. Schättiger, D. Bauer, J. Demsar, T. Dekorsy, J. Kleinbauer, D. H. Sutter, J. Puustinen, and M. Guina, “Characterization of InGaAs and InGaAsN semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors for high-power mode-locked thin-disk lasers,” Appl. Phys. B106(3), 605–612 (2012). [CrossRef]

[8] C. R. E. Baer, C. Kränkel, C. J. Saraceno, O. H. Heckl, M. Golling, R. Peters, K. Petermann, T. Südmeyer, G. Huber, and U. Keller, “Femtosecond thin-disk laser with 141 W of average power,” Opt. Lett.35(13), 2302–2304 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[9] S. Ricaud, A. Jaffres, P. Loiseau, B. Viana, B. Weichelt, M. Abdou-Ahmed, A. Voss, T. Graf, D. Rytz, M. Delaigue, E. Mottay, P. Georges, and F. Druon, “Yb:CaGdAlO4 thin-disk laser,” Opt. Lett.36(21), 4134–4136 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[10] O. Pronin, J. Brons, C. Grasse, V. Pervak, G. Boehm, M.-C. Amann, V. L. Kalashnikov, A. Apolonski, and F. Krausz, “High-power 200 fs Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:YAG thin-disk oscillator,” Opt. Lett.36(24), 4746–4748 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[11] C. J. Saraceno, O. H. Heckl, C. R. E. Baer, C. Schriber, M. Golling, K. Beil, C. Kränkel, T. Südmeyer, G. Huber, and U. Keller, “Sub-100 fs from a SESAM modelocked thin disk laser,” Appl. Phys. B106(3), 559–562 (2012). [CrossRef]

[12] C. J. Saraceno, O. H. Heckl, C. R. E. Baer, M. Golling, T. Südmeyer, K. Beil, C. Kränkel, K. Petermann, G. Huber, and U. Keller, “SESAMs for high-power femtosecond modelocking: power scaling of an Yb:LuScO₃ thin disk laser to 23 W and 235 fs,” Opt. Express19(21), 20288–20300 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[13] A. A. Kaminskii, M. Sh. Akchurin, R. V. Gainutdinov, K. Takaichi, A. Shirakawa, H. Yagi, T. Yanagitani, and K. Ueda, “Microhardness and fracture toughness of Y2O3- and Y3Al5O12-based nanocrystalline laser ceramics,” Crystallogr. Rep.50(5), 869–873 (2005). [CrossRef]

[14] L. D. Merkle, G. A. Newburgh, N. Ter-Gabrielyan, A. Michael, and M. Dubinskii, “Temperature-dependent lasing and spectroscopy of Yb:Y2O3 and Yb:Sc2O3,” Opt. Commun.281(23), 5855–5861 (2008). [CrossRef]

[15] M. Tokurakawa, K. Takaichi, A. Shirakawa, K. I. Ueda, H. Yagi, T. Yanagitani, and A. A. Kaminskii, “Diode-pumped 188 fs mode-locked Yb3+:Y2O3 ceramic laser,” Appl. Phys. Lett.90(7), 071101 (2007). [CrossRef]

[16] M. Tokurakawa, A. Shirakawa, K. Ueda, H. Yagi, M. Noriyuki, T. Yanagitani, and A. A. Kaminskii, “Diode-pumped ultrashort-pulse generation based on Yb(3+):Sc(2)O(3) and Yb(3+):Y(2)O(3) ceramic multi-gain-media oscillator,” Opt. Express17(5), 3353–3361 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[17] R. Peters, C. Kränkel, K. Petermann, and G. Huber, “Broadly tunable high-power Yb:Lu(2)O(3) thin disk laser with 80% slope efficiency,” Opt. Express15(11), 7075–7082 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[18] J. Mende, J. Speiser, G. Spindler, W. L. Bohn, and A. Giesen, “Mode dynamics and thermal lens effects of thin-disk lasers,” Proc. SPIE6871, 68710M, 68710M-11 (2008). [CrossRef]

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