Efficient 38.8 W/m2 solar pumped laser with a Ce:Nd:YAG crystal and a Fresnel lens

Zitao Cai; Changming Zhao; Ziyin Zhao; Jia Zhang; Zilong Zhang; Haiyang Zhang

doi:10.1364/OE.481590

Efficient 38.8 W/m² solar pumped laser with a Ce:Nd:YAG crystal and a Fresnel lens

Zitao Cai, Changming Zhao^*, Ziyin Zhao, Jia Zhang, Zilong Zhang, Haiyang Zhang

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School of Optics and Photonics

Beijing Institute of Technology

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Herein, we report a significant improvement in solar-pumped laser collection efficiency based on end-side pumping a 6-mm-diameter 95-mm-length Ce:Nd:YAG/YAG grooved bonded crystal rod. A Fresnel lens, quartz cooling-water tube, and gold-plated conical cavity constituted the solar-energy collection and concentration system, which was designed to maximum pump light absorption and minimize thermal effects in the Ce:Nd:YAG laser medium. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that a Ce:Nd:YAG crystal has been pumped by a Fresnel-lens solar-energy collection and concentration system. The 0.69-m² effective solar-collection area produced 26.93 W of continuous-wave laser power, corresponding to 6.33% slope efficiency. The collection efficiency (38.8 W/m²) was 1.21 times higher than the highest previously reported value for Fresnel-lens solar collection, and is a record for single-beam solar-pumped lasers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1340-1353
Number of pages	14
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	31
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.481590
Publication status	Published - 16 Jan 2023

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