A Simple Approach for Enhancing the Output Performance of Solar-Pumped Solid-State Lasers
A simple truncated fused silica elliptical cavity is proposed to enhance the output performance of solar-pumped solid-state lasers. The imaging property of the truncated elliptical cavity ensures an enhanced absorption distribution within an Nd:YAG rod. Optimum pumping parameters are found through Z...
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| description | A simple truncated fused silica elliptical cavity is proposed to enhance the output performance of solar-pumped solid-state lasers. The imaging property of the truncated elliptical cavity ensures an enhanced absorption distribution within an Nd:YAG rod. Optimum pumping parameters are found through ZEMAX nonsequential ray-tracing and LASCAD laser cavity analyses. Compared with the output laser performance of a 3D-compound parabolic concentrator-2D-compound parabolic concentrator (3D-CPC-2D-CPC) cavity, the truncated cavity provides 11% more multimode and 72.7% more TEM00 laser powers. A laser beam of high beam quality can be produced efficiently. The standard tracking error for multimode laser power is also reduced to only 4.0% by the truncated cavity. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4c958db4bdac4b2291b82097279a2d9d2025-02-03T01:24:31ZengWileyInternational Journal of Optics1687-93841687-93922009-01-01200910.1155/2009/730165730165A Simple Approach for Enhancing the Output Performance of Solar-Pumped Solid-State LasersDawei Liang0Rui Pereira1Centro de Física e Investigação Tecnológica (CEFITEC), Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (FCT), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus de Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, PortugalCentro de Física e Investigação Tecnológica (CEFITEC), Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (FCT), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus de Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, PortugalA simple truncated fused silica elliptical cavity is proposed to enhance the output performance of solar-pumped solid-state lasers. The imaging property of the truncated elliptical cavity ensures an enhanced absorption distribution within an Nd:YAG rod. Optimum pumping parameters are found through ZEMAX nonsequential ray-tracing and LASCAD laser cavity analyses. Compared with the output laser performance of a 3D-compound parabolic concentrator-2D-compound parabolic concentrator (3D-CPC-2D-CPC) cavity, the truncated cavity provides 11% more multimode and 72.7% more TEM00 laser powers. A laser beam of high beam quality can be produced efficiently. The standard tracking error for multimode laser power is also reduced to only 4.0% by the truncated cavity.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/730165 |
| spellingShingle | Dawei Liang Rui Pereira A Simple Approach for Enhancing the Output Performance of Solar-Pumped Solid-State Lasers International Journal of Optics |
| title | A Simple Approach for Enhancing the Output Performance of Solar-Pumped Solid-State Lasers |
| title_full | A Simple Approach for Enhancing the Output Performance of Solar-Pumped Solid-State Lasers |
| title_fullStr | A Simple Approach for Enhancing the Output Performance of Solar-Pumped Solid-State Lasers |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Simple Approach for Enhancing the Output Performance of Solar-Pumped Solid-State Lasers |
| title_short | A Simple Approach for Enhancing the Output Performance of Solar-Pumped Solid-State Lasers |
| title_sort | simple approach for enhancing the output performance of solar pumped solid state lasers |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/730165 |
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