A Low-Cost Approach to Diode-Pumped Ti:Sapphire Lasers With Watt-Level Output

We report a continuous-wave Ti:sapphire laser with an output power of 1.03 W, achieved with two low-cost single-emitter diode pumps, both of blue wavelength (448 and 468 nm). Using a novel strategy of combining blue-wavelength pumping with a long, low-doping Ti:sapphire crystal, we maximise the avai...

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Main Authors: Niall Simpson, Martin Lee, Alan J. Kemp
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Language:English
Published: IEEE 2024-01-01
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description We report a continuous-wave Ti:sapphire laser with an output power of 1.03 W, achieved with two low-cost single-emitter diode pumps, both of blue wavelength (448 and 468 nm). Using a novel strategy of combining blue-wavelength pumping with a long, low-doping Ti:sapphire crystal, we maximise the available pump power while minimising deleterious effects associated with blue pump wavelengths, demonstrating Watt-level output powers.
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spelling doaj-art-d01ef03b74614fcfa5b815dc75090fcf2025-08-20T03:33:21ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552024-01-011651510.1109/JPHOT.2024.346375110684145A Low-Cost Approach to Diode-Pumped Ti:Sapphire Lasers With Watt-Level OutputNiall Simpson0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3139-472XMartin Lee1Alan J. Kemp2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1076-3138Department of Physics, Institute of Photonics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, U.K.Department of Physics, Institute of Photonics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, U.K.Department of Physics, Institute of Photonics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, U.K.We report a continuous-wave Ti:sapphire laser with an output power of 1.03 W, achieved with two low-cost single-emitter diode pumps, both of blue wavelength (448 and 468 nm). Using a novel strategy of combining blue-wavelength pumping with a long, low-doping Ti:sapphire crystal, we maximise the available pump power while minimising deleterious effects associated with blue pump wavelengths, demonstrating Watt-level output powers.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10684145/Diode-pumped laserssolid state laserslaser crystals
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A Low-Cost Approach to Diode-Pumped Ti:Sapphire Lasers With Watt-Level Output
IEEE Photonics Journal
Diode-pumped lasers
solid state lasers
laser crystals
title A Low-Cost Approach to Diode-Pumped Ti:Sapphire Lasers With Watt-Level Output
title_full A Low-Cost Approach to Diode-Pumped Ti:Sapphire Lasers With Watt-Level Output
title_fullStr A Low-Cost Approach to Diode-Pumped Ti:Sapphire Lasers With Watt-Level Output
title_full_unstemmed A Low-Cost Approach to Diode-Pumped Ti:Sapphire Lasers With Watt-Level Output
title_short A Low-Cost Approach to Diode-Pumped Ti:Sapphire Lasers With Watt-Level Output
title_sort low cost approach to diode pumped ti sapphire lasers with watt level output
topic Diode-pumped lasers
solid state lasers
laser crystals
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10684145/
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