[12p-B508-1~12] 3.5 Laser system and materials

▼ [12p-B508-8] Efficient Er:YAP laser with 5.3 W of output power at 2920 nm

〇(PC)Weichao Yao¹, Hiyori Uehara^1,2, Hiroki Kawase², Hengjun Chen¹, Ryo Yasuhara^1,2 (1.National Institute for Fusion Science, 2.The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI))

Keywords:LD pumped, Er:YAP, mid-IR laser

In this work, an 976 nm LD pumped high-power Er:YAP laser is demonstrated. A maximum output power of 5.3 W was obtained with a slope efficiency of 29%. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest output power generated from an Er:YAP laser.