Computational model for operation of 2 μm co-doped Tm,Ho solid state lasers

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 11903-11912

  Louchev, Oleg A ^a   Urata, Yoshiharu ^a   Saito, Norihito ^a   Wada, Satoshi ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); HEAT LOSSES; HOLMIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THULIUM;

RATE EQUATIONS; THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYERS; THERMAL LENSING;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 34648834945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.011903     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. J.K. Tyminski, D.M. Franich and M. Kokta, "Gain dynamics of Tm,Ho:YAG pumped in near infrared," J. Appl. Phys. 65, 3181-3188 (1989).
2. 12:Tm,Ho," Phys. Rev. B 46, 8018-8026 (1992).
3. 12:Tm,Ho lasers," Opt. Mater. 1, 111-124 (1992).
4. 12 laser." J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 8, 741-746 (1991).
5. 4 laser at 10 Hz," Opt. Lett. 20, 872-874 (1995)
6. J. Yu, U.N. Singh, N.P. Barnes and M. Perros "125-mJ diode-pumped injection-seeded Ho:Tm:YLF laser," Opt. Lett. 23, 780-782 (1998).
7. A.N. Alpat'ev, V.A. Smirnov, LA. Shcherbakov, "Relaxation oscillations of the radiation from, a 2-μm holmium laser with a Cr,Tm,Ho:YSGG crystal," Quantum Electron. 28, 143-146 (1998).
8. I.F. Elder and M.J.P. Payne, "Lasing in diode-pumped Tm:YAP, Tm,Ho:YAP and Tm,Ho,YLF," Opt. Commun. 145, 329-339 (1995).
9. N. P. Barnes, E. D. Filer, C. A. Morrison and C. J. Lee, "Ho:Tm Lasers I: Theoretical," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 32, 92-103 (1996).
10. C. J. Lee, G. Han and N.P. Barnes, "Ho:Tm Lasers II: Experiments," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 32, 104-111 (1996).
11. G. Rustad and K. Stenersen, "Modeling of laser-pumped Tm and Ho lasers accounting for upconversion and ground-state depletion," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 32, 1645-1656 (1996).
12. D. Bruneau, S. Delmonte and J. Pelon, "Modeling of Tm,Ho:YAG and Tm,Ho:YLF 2-μm lasers and calculation of extractable energies," Appl. Opt. 37, 8406-8419 (1998).
13. 4 microchip laser," Appl. Opt. 38, 3275-3281 (1999).
14. S. D. Jackson and T.A. King, "CW operation of a 1.064-μm pumped Tm-Ho-Doped silica fiber laser," IEEE J. of Quantum Electron. 34, 1578-1587 (1998).
15. V. Sudesh and K. Asai, "Spectroscopic and diode-pumped-laser properties of Tm,Ho:YLF; Tm,Ho:LuLF; and Tm,Ho:LuAG crystals: a comparative study," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 20, 1829-1837 (2003).
16. 4 laser," Opt. Lett. 29, 836 -838 (2004).
17. 4," J. Appl. Phys. 95, 3255-3271 (2004).
18. 4 laser," Opt. Lett. 29, 715-717 (2004).
19. J. Izawa, H. Nakajima, H. Hara, and Y. Arimoto, "Comparison of lasing performance of Tm,Ho:YLF lasers by use of single and double cavities," Appl. Opt. 39, 2418-2421 (2000).
20. J. Yu, B. C. Trieu, E. A. Modlin, U.N. Singh, M. J. Kavaya, S. Chen, Y. Bai, P. J. Petzar, and M. Petros, "1 J/pulse Q-switched 2 μm solid-state laser," Opt. Lett. 31, 462-464 (2006).
21. X. Zhang, Y. Ju and Y. Wang, "Theoretical and experimental investigation of actively Q-switched Tm,Ho:YLF lasers," Opt. Express 14, 7745-7750 (2006).
22. O.A. Louchev, Y. Urata, and S. Wada, "Numerical simulation and optimization, of Q-switched 2 μm Tm,Ho:YLF laser," Opt. Express 15, 3940-3947 (2007).
23. 3 laser with a- and b-cut crystal orientations," IEEE J. of selected topics in quantum electron. 11, 674-681 (2005).
24. V.P. Risk, "Modeling of longitudinally pumped solid-state lasers exhibiting reabsorption losses," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 5, 1412-1423 (1988).
25. 00 Nd:YAG laser side-pumped by fiber-coupled diode lasers," Opt. Lett. 21, 210-212 (1996).
26. D. M. Wieliczka, S. Weng, and M. R. Querry, "Wedge shaped cell for highly absorbent liquids: infrared optical constants of water," Appl. Opt. 28, 1714-1719 (1989).
27. W. Koechner, Solid State Laser Engineering, 6th Edition (New-York, Springer, 2006).