A high-energy Ho:YAG amplifier pumped by a 1907 nm Tm-doped fiber laser
摘要
A Ho:YAG amplifier in-band pumped by a home-built high power and narrow-linewidth thulium-doped fiber laser (TDFL) at 1907.5 nm is demonstrated. Using a single-end-pumped configuration with the TDFL, a maximum output power of 135 W is achieved at 2090.48 nm of the Ho:YAG amplifier. The amplifier delivers a maximum pulse energy of 67.5 mJ with a pulse width of 30 ns at a repetition rate of 2 kHz, corresponding to a peak power of 2.25 MW. The slope efficiency relative to the absorbed pump power reaches 61.9%.