Abstract
The rapid developments in optical and electronic technologies have accelerated developments of solid state laser technology. The diode-pumped solid state laser has the merits of the diode laser, such as compactness, low cost, and the merits of the solid state laser, such as high laser quality, high conversion efficiency, long lifetime, and simple structure. So, it has been applied in electronics, communication and medicine widely. In this work, the crystal fiber was used as the laser gain medium, and coated with optical thin film at its end facets as the laser cavity to be able to reduce largely the volume of solid-state laser, and improve the heat dissipation.
We used laser heated pedestal growth (LHPG) method to grow crystal fiber, which can grow with small diameters at very fast rate and accurate control. High quality Nd:YAG crystal fibers with diameter of 23~285 mm were grown. After cladding, grinding, polishing, and coating, we successfully fabricated the Nd:YAG crystal fiber laser. We discovered that the gradient concentration of Nd ions distributed over the cross section of crystal fiber is helpful in focusing lights.
We have successfully implemented diode-laser pumped Nd:YAG crystal fiber laser with a slope efficiency of 28.9%. It is the best result up to this time as we know. The maximum output power is 80 mW. In the future, we shall improve the cooling system, the cladding, and coating to further increase the conversion efficiency and output power.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0714102-203802 |
| Date | 14 July 2002 |
| Creators | Chou, Tsai-Shuan |
| Contributors | Lung-Han Peng, Sheng-Lung Huang, Fu-Jen Kao, Yung-Fu Chen |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0714102-203802 |
| Rights | off_campus_withheld, Copyright information available at source archive |
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