Progress of high power solid-state laser pumping and coupling technology

LEI Cheng-qiang; WANG Yue-feng; HUANG Feng; HOU Jun-yan; JIA Wen-wu; YIN Zhi-yong

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Progress of high power solid-state laser pumping and coupling technology

1.
Department of Optics and Electron, Ordnance Engineer College, Shijiazhuang 050003, China;
2.
Beijing Institute of Tracking and Telecommunication Technology, Beijing 100094, China

Corresponding author: WANG Yue-feng, yfwang_OEC@163.com ;
Received Date: 2011-03-15
Accepted Date: 2011-03-29

Abstract

The present research progress of pumping and coupling methods of high power solid-state lasers such as slab laser, disk laser and heat capacity laser was summarized. The pumping and coupling technologies of these solid-state lasers were analyzed and compared from the point of overcoming heat effect. The future trend of pumping and coupling technologies was introduced.
- lasers,
- high power solid-state laser,
- pumping and coupling,
- slab laser,
- disk laser,
- heat capacity laser

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[7]	ALBRECHT G F,SUTTON S B,GEORGE V,et al.Solid-state heat capacity disk laser[J].Laser and Particle Beams,1998,16(4):605-625.
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[9]	COMASKEY B J,BEACH R,ALLBRECHT G,et al.High average power diode pumped slab laser[J].IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics,1992,28(4):992-996.
[10]	ISHIMORI A,YAMAMOTO T,TOYOHIRO,et al.Pumping configuration without focusing lenses for a small-sized diode-pumped Nd:YAG slab laser[J].Optics Letters,1992,17(1):40-43.
[11]	NISHIKAWA Y.Slab-shaped 10kW all solid-state laser[J].The Review of Laser Engineering,2003,31(8):513.
[12]	WANG Zh M,XU J Q,CHEN W B.Progress of high-power solid-state slab lasers[J].Laser Optoelectronics Progress,2007(2):48-52(in Chinese).
[13]	CHEN L,HE Sh B,LIU J G,et al.Progress of hundred-kilowatt high-average-power slab laser[J].Laser Optoelectronics Progress,2009(1):37-42(in Chinese).
[14]	HODGSON N,HOFFMAN H J,VALERII T M,et al.Diode-pumped,220W ultra-thin slab Nd:YAG laser with near-diffraction limited beam quality[C] //IEEE Conference on Laser Electro-Optics CLEO'02.Long Beach,USA:IEEE,2002:264-265.
[15]	OMATSU T,ISOGAMI T,MINASSIAN A,et al.High repetition rate Q-switching(100kHz)in transversely diode-pumped ceramic Nd3+:YAG slab laser[C] //IEEE Conference on Laser and Electro-Optics CLEO'05.Munich,Germany:IEEE,2005:3.
[16]	WANG N,LU Y T.Partially end-pumped Nd:YVO4 slab state laser[J].Chinese Journal of Lasers,2006,33(10):1319-1323(in Chinese).
[17]	WANG N,LU Y T,LI X L,et al.Experimental study of partially end-pumped Nd:YVO4 slab laser with hybid reonator operation[J].Laser Technology,2008,32(2):125-127(in Chinese).
[18]	YASUHARA R,KAWASHIMA T,LKEGAWA T,et al.Diode-pumped thermally controlled zig-zag slab laser with 20J pulse energy in 10ns at 10Hz repetition Rate[R].Osaka:Osaka University,2005:150-151(in Japanese).
[19]	KURITA T,KAWASHIMA T,LKEGAWA T,et al.Thermally-edge-controlled slab laser for inertial fusion energy and applications[C] //IEEE Conference on Laser and Electro-Optics CLEO'05.Munich,Germany:IEEE,2005:168-170.
[20]	REN G G.Current situation and development trend of high energy laser weapon[J].Laser Optoelectronics Progress,2008(9):62-69(in Chinese).
[21]	HECHT J.Laser weapons - pumping up the power[J].Laser Focus World,2007,43(5):18-22.
[22]	TUTTLE R.Textron approach to new laser very different from Northrops[J].Aerospace Daily Defense Report,2006,217(5):5.
[23]	KELLER J.Northrop grumman shoots 27kW beam of light for 350s from solid -state laser [J].Military Aerospace Electronics,2006,17(1):16-20.
[24]	HECHT J.Northrop grumman textron picked for high energy laser program phase [J].Defense Daily,2006,229(6):1-2.
[25]	GOODNO G D,KOMINE H MCNAUGHT J S,et al.Coherent combination of high-power,zig-zag slab lasers[J].Optics Letters,2006,31(9):1247-1249.
[26]	YANG W Sh,BI G J,SUN W N,et al.The experimental research of Nd:YAG slab laser side pumped by large-scale diode array[J].Laser Infrared,2005,35(12):926-928(in Chinese).
[27]	MUDGE D,OSTERMEYER M,VEITCH P J,et al.High-power single transverse mode operation of a compact CW Nd:YAG slab laser with thermal lens control[C] //IEEE Conference on Laser Electro-Optics CLEO'00.San Francisco,USA:IEEE,2000:200-201.
[28]	LIU Q,GONG M L,LU F Y,et al.High power diode-corner-pumped Yb:YAG slab lasers[J].Laser Optoelectronics Progress,2005(12):13(in Chinese).
[29]	YIN X H,HOU L Q,DONG Y.Development of pumping configurations for high average power solid-state lasers[J].Laser Optoelectronics Progress,2006(5):30-34(in Chinese).
[30]	PANG K,HAN J T,LI Q,et al.Recently development of thin disk laser[J].Applied Laser,2008,28(2):155-159(in Chinese).
[31]	VETROVEC J.Compact active laser[J].Proceedings of SPIE,2002,4623:1-12.
[32]	TSUNEKANE M,DASCALU T,TAIRA T.High-power,diode edge-pumped,single-crystal Yb:YAG/ceramic YAG composite microchip Yb:YAG laser for material processing[C] //IEEE Conference on Laser and Electro-Optics CLEO'05.Munich, Germany:IEEE,2005:1088-1090.
[33]	TSUNEKANE M,TAIRA T.High-power operation of diode edge-pumped,composite all-ceramic Yb:Y3Al5O12 microchip laser[J].Applied Physics Letters,2007,90(12):121101/1-121101/3.
[34]	MENDE J,SPEISER J,SPINDLER G,et al.Mode dynamics and thermal lens effects of thin-disk lasers[J].Proceedings of SPIE,2008,6871:1-11.
[35]	YAO Zh Y,JIANG J F,TU B,et al.Study on diode-pumped Nd:YAG disk laser[J].High Power Laser and Particle Beams,2005,17(s1):15-17(in Chinese).
[36]	YAO Zh Y,JIANG J F,TU B,et al.1.5kW laser diode-pumped Nd:YAG disk laser[J].Chinese Journal of Lasers,2007,34(1):35-38(in Chinese).
[37]	LI Q,CAI Y F,JIANG M H,et al.Laser diode array side pumped Nd:YAG thin disk laser[J].Chinese Journal of Lasers,2009,36(7):1793-1797(in Chinese).
[38]	ALBRECHT G F,SUTTON S B,GEORGE E V,et al.Solid-state heat capacity disk laser[J].Laser and Particle Beams,1998,16(4):605-625.
[39]	MEI S Sh.Solid-state lasers marching to 100kW[J].Laser Optoelectronics Progress,2005(10):2-8(in Chinese).
[40]	JIANG B X,ZHAO Zh W,ZHAO G J,et al.Thin disk solid-state lasers and heat capacity solid state lasers[J].Laser Optoelectronics Progress,2006(3):3-8(in Chinese).
[41]	LI J M.Development,trend and application of high average power diode pumped lasers[J].Laser Optoelectronics Progress,2008(7):16-28(in Chinese).
[42]	ROTTER M,DANE C B.A 10kW solid-state heat-capacity laser system installed at HELSTF white sands missile range[J].Laser Science Technology,2001(12):1.
[43]	ROTTER M,MITCHELL S.Diode-pumped Nd:GGG laser-first light[J].Laser Science Technology,2002(12):1.
[44]	YAMAMOTO B,ROTTER M,MITCHELL S,et al.First light from battery powered solid-state heat-capacity laser for missile defence[J].Laser Science Technology,2003(4):1-5.
[45]	JIA W.Solid-state heat capacity laser for battlefield[J].Laser Infrared,2007,37(8):702-711(in Chinese).
[46]	CAI Zh,HU H,JIANG J F,et al.Kilowatt class laser diodes-pumped solid-state heat capacity laser[J].Chinese Journal of Lasers,2006,33(2):153-156(in Chinese).
[47]	CAI Zh,JIANG J F,HU H,et al.Kilowatt high power heat capacity laser with 3 times diffraction limit[J].Chinese Journal of Lasers,2009,36(9):2266-2270(in Chinese).
[48]	WANG Ch,ZHOU Sh H,TANG X J,et al.Experimental investigation on 8.7kW laser-diode pumped solid-state heat capacity laser[J].Infrared and Laser Engineering,2008,37(1):77-78(in Chinese).

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1. Department of Optics and Electron, Ordnance Engineer College, Shijiazhuang 050003, China;

2. Beijing Institute of Tracking and Telecommunication Technology, Beijing 100094, China

Received Date: 2011-03-15

Accepted Date: 2011-03-29

Available Online: 2011-11-25

Abstract: The present research progress of pumping and coupling methods of high power solid-state lasers such as slab laser, disk laser and heat capacity laser was summarized. The pumping and coupling technologies of these solid-state lasers were analyzed and compared from the point of overcoming heat effect. The future trend of pumping and coupling technologies was introduced.

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[1]	KOECHNER W.Solid-state laser engineering[M].Beijing:Science Press,2002:273-282(in Chinese).
[2]	NAKAI S,KANABE T,KAWASHIMA T,et al.Development of high averge power DPSSL with high beam quality[J].Proceedings of SPIE,2000,4065:29-39.
[3]	KXUPKE W F.Advanced diode pumped solid-state lasers (DPSSLs):near term trends and future prospects[J].Proceedings of SPIE,2000,3886:21-32.
[4]	MANDL A,KLIMEK D B.Compact diode-pumped Yb:YAG slab laser[J].Proceedings of SPIE,2001,4267:1-8.
[5]	CHEN B,DONG J,PATEL M,et al.Modeling of high power solid-state slab lasers[J].Proceedings of SPIE,2003,4968:1-10.
[6]	VETROVEC J,KOUMVAKALIS A,SHAH R,et al.Development of solid-state disk laser for high-average power[J].SPIE,2003,4968:54-64.
[7]	ALBRECHT G F,SUTTON S B,GEORGE V,et al.Solid-state heat capacity disk laser[J].Laser and Particle Beams,1998,16(4):605-625.
[8]	MARTIN W S,CHERNOCH J P.Multi internal reflection face pumped laser:US,3126363[P].1972-04-01.
[9]	COMASKEY B J,BEACH R,ALLBRECHT G,et al.High average power diode pumped slab laser[J].IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics,1992,28(4):992-996.
[10]	ISHIMORI A,YAMAMOTO T,TOYOHIRO,et al.Pumping configuration without focusing lenses for a small-sized diode-pumped Nd:YAG slab laser[J].Optics Letters,1992,17(1):40-43.
[11]	NISHIKAWA Y.Slab-shaped 10kW all solid-state laser[J].The Review of Laser Engineering,2003,31(8):513.
[12]	WANG Zh M,XU J Q,CHEN W B.Progress of high-power solid-state slab lasers[J].Laser Optoelectronics Progress,2007(2):48-52(in Chinese).
[13]	CHEN L,HE Sh B,LIU J G,et al.Progress of hundred-kilowatt high-average-power slab laser[J].Laser Optoelectronics Progress,2009(1):37-42(in Chinese).
[14]	HODGSON N,HOFFMAN H J,VALERII T M,et al.Diode-pumped,220W ultra-thin slab Nd:YAG laser with near-diffraction limited beam quality[C] //IEEE Conference on Laser Electro-Optics CLEO'02.Long Beach,USA:IEEE,2002:264-265.
[15]	OMATSU T,ISOGAMI T,MINASSIAN A,et al.High repetition rate Q-switching(100kHz)in transversely diode-pumped ceramic Nd3+:YAG slab laser[C] //IEEE Conference on Laser and Electro-Optics CLEO'05.Munich,Germany:IEEE,2005:3.
[16]	WANG N,LU Y T.Partially end-pumped Nd:YVO4 slab state laser[J].Chinese Journal of Lasers,2006,33(10):1319-1323(in Chinese).
[17]	WANG N,LU Y T,LI X L,et al.Experimental study of partially end-pumped Nd:YVO4 slab laser with hybid reonator operation[J].Laser Technology,2008,32(2):125-127(in Chinese).
[18]	YASUHARA R,KAWASHIMA T,LKEGAWA T,et al.Diode-pumped thermally controlled zig-zag slab laser with 20J pulse energy in 10ns at 10Hz repetition Rate[R].Osaka:Osaka University,2005:150-151(in Japanese).
[19]	KURITA T,KAWASHIMA T,LKEGAWA T,et al.Thermally-edge-controlled slab laser for inertial fusion energy and applications[C] //IEEE Conference on Laser and Electro-Optics CLEO'05.Munich,Germany:IEEE,2005:168-170.
[20]	REN G G.Current situation and development trend of high energy laser weapon[J].Laser Optoelectronics Progress,2008(9):62-69(in Chinese).
[21]	HECHT J.Laser weapons - pumping up the power[J].Laser Focus World,2007,43(5):18-22.
[22]	TUTTLE R.Textron approach to new laser very different from Northrops[J].Aerospace Daily Defense Report,2006,217(5):5.
[23]	KELLER J.Northrop grumman shoots 27kW beam of light for 350s from solid -state laser [J].Military Aerospace Electronics,2006,17(1):16-20.
[24]	HECHT J.Northrop grumman textron picked for high energy laser program phase [J].Defense Daily,2006,229(6):1-2.
[25]	GOODNO G D,KOMINE H MCNAUGHT J S,et al.Coherent combination of high-power,zig-zag slab lasers[J].Optics Letters,2006,31(9):1247-1249.
[26]	YANG W Sh,BI G J,SUN W N,et al.The experimental research of Nd:YAG slab laser side pumped by large-scale diode array[J].Laser Infrared,2005,35(12):926-928(in Chinese).
[27]	MUDGE D,OSTERMEYER M,VEITCH P J,et al.High-power single transverse mode operation of a compact CW Nd:YAG slab laser with thermal lens control[C] //IEEE Conference on Laser Electro-Optics CLEO'00.San Francisco,USA:IEEE,2000:200-201.
[28]	LIU Q,GONG M L,LU F Y,et al.High power diode-corner-pumped Yb:YAG slab lasers[J].Laser Optoelectronics Progress,2005(12):13(in Chinese).
[29]	YIN X H,HOU L Q,DONG Y.Development of pumping configurations for high average power solid-state lasers[J].Laser Optoelectronics Progress,2006(5):30-34(in Chinese).
[30]	PANG K,HAN J T,LI Q,et al.Recently development of thin disk laser[J].Applied Laser,2008,28(2):155-159(in Chinese).
[31]	VETROVEC J.Compact active laser[J].Proceedings of SPIE,2002,4623:1-12.
[32]	TSUNEKANE M,DASCALU T,TAIRA T.High-power,diode edge-pumped,single-crystal Yb:YAG/ceramic YAG composite microchip Yb:YAG laser for material processing[C] //IEEE Conference on Laser and Electro-Optics CLEO'05.Munich, Germany:IEEE,2005:1088-1090.
[33]	TSUNEKANE M,TAIRA T.High-power operation of diode edge-pumped,composite all-ceramic Yb:Y3Al5O12 microchip laser[J].Applied Physics Letters,2007,90(12):121101/1-121101/3.
[34]	MENDE J,SPEISER J,SPINDLER G,et al.Mode dynamics and thermal lens effects of thin-disk lasers[J].Proceedings of SPIE,2008,6871:1-11.
[35]	YAO Zh Y,JIANG J F,TU B,et al.Study on diode-pumped Nd:YAG disk laser[J].High Power Laser and Particle Beams,2005,17(s1):15-17(in Chinese).
[36]	YAO Zh Y,JIANG J F,TU B,et al.1.5kW laser diode-pumped Nd:YAG disk laser[J].Chinese Journal of Lasers,2007,34(1):35-38(in Chinese).
[37]	LI Q,CAI Y F,JIANG M H,et al.Laser diode array side pumped Nd:YAG thin disk laser[J].Chinese Journal of Lasers,2009,36(7):1793-1797(in Chinese).
[38]	ALBRECHT G F,SUTTON S B,GEORGE E V,et al.Solid-state heat capacity disk laser[J].Laser and Particle Beams,1998,16(4):605-625.
[39]	MEI S Sh.Solid-state lasers marching to 100kW[J].Laser Optoelectronics Progress,2005(10):2-8(in Chinese).
[40]	JIANG B X,ZHAO Zh W,ZHAO G J,et al.Thin disk solid-state lasers and heat capacity solid state lasers[J].Laser Optoelectronics Progress,2006(3):3-8(in Chinese).
[41]	LI J M.Development,trend and application of high average power diode pumped lasers[J].Laser Optoelectronics Progress,2008(7):16-28(in Chinese).
[42]	ROTTER M,DANE C B.A 10kW solid-state heat-capacity laser system installed at HELSTF white sands missile range[J].Laser Science Technology,2001(12):1.
[43]	ROTTER M,MITCHELL S.Diode-pumped Nd:GGG laser-first light[J].Laser Science Technology,2002(12):1.
[44]	YAMAMOTO B,ROTTER M,MITCHELL S,et al.First light from battery powered solid-state heat-capacity laser for missile defence[J].Laser Science Technology,2003(4):1-5.
[45]	JIA W.Solid-state heat capacity laser for battlefield[J].Laser Infrared,2007,37(8):702-711(in Chinese).
[46]	CAI Zh,HU H,JIANG J F,et al.Kilowatt class laser diodes-pumped solid-state heat capacity laser[J].Chinese Journal of Lasers,2006,33(2):153-156(in Chinese).
[47]	CAI Zh,JIANG J F,HU H,et al.Kilowatt high power heat capacity laser with 3 times diffraction limit[J].Chinese Journal of Lasers,2009,36(9):2266-2270(in Chinese).
[48]	WANG Ch,ZHOU Sh H,TANG X J,et al.Experimental investigation on 8.7kW laser-diode pumped solid-state heat capacity laser[J].Infrared and Laser Engineering,2008,37(1):77-78(in Chinese).

Progress of high power solid-state laser pumping and coupling technology

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