The Study and Implementation of Nd:YAG Crystal Fiber Laser

• Main Authors: Chung-Yung Tai, 戴忠勇
• Other Authors: S. L. Huang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2001
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/93407911807477422690

碩士 === 國立中山大學 === 光電工程研究所 === 89 === 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. In addition, the diode-pumped solid state lasers have made it a feature star among lasers. One of the problems in solid state laser is the heat removal. The crystal fiber is used as the laser gain medium in this work to be able to reduce largely the volume of solid-state laser, and improve the heat disappearance. There are many different methods to grow crystal fibers, LHPG method one of the best because single crystal fibers can be grown with small diameters at very fast rate, and accurate control. We have gown high quality Nd:YAG crystal fiber with diameter of 23~285 mm. After cladding, grinding, polishing, and coating, we could ready to fabricate the Nd:YAG crystal fiber laser. We have successfully implemented diode-laser pumped Nd:YAG crystal fiber laser. The lasing threshold power is 143 mW, and the maximum output power is 38 mW. In the feature, we shall improve the cooling system, the cladding, and coating to further increase the conversation efficiency and output power.