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12 March 2024 Development of high peak and average power Tm:YLF lasers
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We present experimental results that show how diode-pumped Tm:YLF can be used to develop the next generation of lasers with high peak and high average power. We demonstrate the production of broad bandwidth, λ≈ 1.9 μm wavelength, high energy pulses with up to 1.6 J output energy and subsequent compression to sub-300 fs duration. This was achieved using a single 8-pass amplifier to boost stretched approximately 50 μJ pulses to the Joule-level. Furthermore, we show the average power capability of this material in a helium gas-cooled amplifier head, achieving a heat removal rate almost ten times higher than the state-of-the-art, surpassing 20 W/cm2. These demonstrations illustrate the capabilities of directly diode-pumped Tm:YLF to support TW to PW-class lasers at kW average power.
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Zbynek Hubka, Issa Tamer, Leily Kiani, Jason Owens, Andrew Church, František Batysta, Thomas Galvin, Drew Willard, Andrew Yandow, Alex Chemali, Justin Galbraith, David Alessi, Colin Harthcock, Brad Hickman, Candis Jackson, James Nissen, Sean Tardif, Hoang Nguyen, Hansel Neurath, Emily Sistrunk, Robert Plummer, Brendan A. Reagan, and Thomas M. Spinka "Development of high peak and average power Tm:YLF lasers", Proc. SPIE 12864, Solid State Lasers XXXIII: Technology and Devices, 1286402 (12 March 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3003283
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KEYWORDS
Laser development

Pulsed laser operation

Multiplexing

Diode pumped solid state lasers

High power lasers

Laser energy

Thulium

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