Smith C R, Beecher S J, Mackenzie J I, Clarkson W A
Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ UK.
Appl Phys B. 2017;123(8):225. doi: 10.1007/s00340-017-6802-z. Epub 2017 Aug 5.
The use of an Yb:YAG thin-slab architecture for amplification of a radially polarised beam at 1030 nm is investigated and shown to be a promising route for power scaling. The detrimental impact of the Gouy phase shift on radial polarisation purity is considered and a simple scheme for effective phase shift management to restore polarisation purity is presented. Preliminary experiments based on a double-pass amplifier configuration yielded an output beam with a high radial polarisation extinction ratio of 15 dB and no degradation in polarisation purity despite the non- axial symmetry of amplifier gain medium. At 50 W of launched pump power a small-signal gain of 7.5 dB was obtained for a 25 mW input, whilst 4.4 dB gain was obtained for a 1.45 W input. The prospects for further power scaling are discussed.
研究了采用镱钇铝石榴石(Yb:YAG)薄板结构在1030纳米波长下放大径向偏振光束的情况,并表明这是一种很有前景的功率缩放途径。考虑了古依相移对径向偏振纯度的不利影响,并提出了一种用于有效相移管理以恢复偏振纯度的简单方案。基于双程放大器配置的初步实验产生了具有15分贝高径向偏振消光比的输出光束,尽管放大器增益介质不具有轴向对称性,但偏振纯度没有下降。在50瓦的泵浦功率输入下,对于25毫瓦的输入获得了7.5分贝的小信号增益,而对于1.45瓦的输入获得了4.4分贝的增益。还讨论了进一步功率缩放的前景。