High-power ultrashort pulse laser source based on Yb-doped ceramic material

2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20340104
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Atomic/Molecular/Quantum electronics
• Research Institution: The University of Electro-Communications
• Principal Investigator: UEDA Kenichi The University of Electro-Communications, レーザー新世代研究センター, 教授 (10103938)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): SHIRAKAWA Akira 電気通信大学, レーザー新世代研究センター, 准教授 (00313429)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2010
• Keywords: 薄型ディスクレーザー / カーレンズモード同期 / LD励起超短パルスレーザー

Research Abstract

53-fs pulses with above1-W average power were obtained from combined Yb doped active gain media ceramic laser.70-W average power continuous laser operation was achieved based on thin-disk laser system. Numerical simulation codes tocalculate and evaluate ultra-short pulse laser operation were also constructed.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Generation of radially and azimuthally polarized beams in Yb:YAG laser with intra-cavity lens and birefringent crystal (2011)
  • Author(s): M.P.Thirugnanasambandam, Y.Senatsky, Ken-ichi Ueda
  • Journal Title: Opt.Express 19 Pages: 1905-1914
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Ultrashort pulse generation from diode pumped mode-locked Yb3^<+> : sesquioxide single crystal lasers (2011)
  • Author(s): M.Tokurakawa, A.Shirakawa, K.Ueda, R.Peters, S.T.Fredrich-Thornton, K.Petermann, G.Huber
  • Journal Title: Opt.Express 19 Pages: 2904-2909
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Continuous-wave and mode-locked lasers on the base of partially disordered crystalline Yb^<3+> : {YGd_2}[Sc_2](Al_2Ga)O_12 ceramics (2010)
  • Author(s): M.Tokurakawa, H.Kurokawa, Ae.Shirakawa, K.Ueda, H.Yagi, T.Yanagitani, A.A.Kaminskii
  • Journal Title: Opt.Express 18 Pages: 4390-4395
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Diode-pumped ultrashort-pulse generation based on Yb^<3+> : Sc_2O_3 and Yb^<3+> : Y_2O_3 ceramic multi-gain-media oscillator (2009)
  • Author(s): M.Tokurakawa, A.Shirakawa, K.Ueda, H.Yagi, M.Noriyuki, T.Yanagitani, A.A.Kaminskii
  • Journal Title: Opt.Express 17 Pages: 3353-3361
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] セラミックレーザー (2009)
  • Author(s): 植田憲一
  • Journal Title: OplusE 33 Pages: 1262-1269
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Efficient excitations of radially and azimuthally polarized Nd^<3+> : YAG ceramic microchip laser by use of subwavelength multilayer concentric gratings composed of Nb_2O_3/SiO_2 (2008)
  • Author(s): J.Li, K.Ueda, L.Zhong, M.Musha, A.Shirakawa, T.Sato
  • Journal Title: Opt.Express 16 Pages: 10841-10848
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Radially polarized and pulsed output from passively Q-switched Nd : YAG ceramic microchip laser (2008)
  • Author(s): J.Li, K.Ueda, M.Musha, L.Zhong, A.Shirakawa
  • Journal Title: Opt.Lett. 33 Pages: 2688-2670
• [Journal Article] 発展する高出力セラミックレーザー (2008)
  • Author(s): 植田憲一
  • Journal Title: 応用物理 77 Pages: 111-122
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Continuous-wave and Q-switched microchip laser performance of Yb : Y_3Sc_2Al_3O_12 crystals (2008)
  • Author(s): J.Dong, K.Ueda, A.A.Kaminskii
  • Journal Title: Opt.Express 16 Pages: 5241-5251
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Mechanical and optical properties of Lu2O3 host-ceramics for Ln^<3+> lasants (2008)
  • Author(s): A.A.Kaminskii, H.Rhee, H.J.Eichler, K.Ueda, T.Takaichi, A.Shirakawa, M.Tokurakawa, J.Dong, H.Yagi, T.Yanagitani
  • Journal Title: Laser Phys.Lett. 5 Pages: 300-303
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Critical issues on ultra-high intensity solid state lasers, "Route toward Reality" (2011)
  • Author(s): 植田憲一
  • Organizer: JSPS Asian CORE Workshop on Next Generation Ultra-Short Pulse Lasers for High Field and Ultrafast Science
  • Place of Presentation: Wako-RIKEN, Japan (invited)
  • Year and Date: 2011-03-03
• [Presentation] Toward ultra intensity lasers (2010)
  • Author(s): 植田憲一
  • Organizer: 6th Laser Ceramic Symposium
  • Place of Presentation: Munster, Germany
  • Year and Date: 20101206-20101208
• [Presentation] High power ceramic lasers, last 10 years (2010)
  • Author(s): 植田憲一
  • Organizer: Association of Asia and Pacific Physics Societies
  • Place of Presentation: Japan
  • Year and Date: 20101100
• [Presentation] ファイバーレーザーとセラミックレーザーの現状と展望 (2010)
  • Author(s): 植田憲一
  • Organizer: 強光子場科学研究懇談会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京大学
  • Year and Date: 20100400
• [Presentation] Estimation of Gain Bandwidth Limitation of Short Pulse Duration Based on Competition of Gain Saturation (2010)
  • Author(s): 戸倉川正樹, 白川晃, 植田憲一
  • Organizer: in ASSP 2010, paper AMB16.
  • Place of Presentation: San Diego, USA
  • Year and Date: 2010-02-03
• [Presentation] Femtosecond Diode-Pumped Yb-Doped Crystal and Ceramic Lasers with High Average Power (2009)
  • Author(s): M.Tokurakawa, A.Shirakawa, K.Ueda, R.Peters, S.Fredrich-Thornton, K.Petermann, G.Huber, H.Yagi, T.Yanagitani, A.A.Kaminskii
  • Organizer: Inter national laser physics workshop
  • Place of Presentation: Spain Barcelona, invited talk
  • Year and Date: 20090000
• [Presentation] Broadband-gain Nd^<3+>-doped Ba (Zr, Mg, Ta) O_3 ceramic lasers (2009)
  • Author(s): A.Shirakawa, H.Kurokawa, M.Tokurakawa, K.Ueda, N.Tanaka, Y.Kintaka, S.Kuretake, K.Kageyama
  • Organizer: 5th Laser Ceramic Symposium 2009
  • Place of Presentation: Bilbao, Spain (invited)
  • Year and Date: 2009-12-10
• [Presentation] LD直接励起フェムト秒Yb添加セラミックレーザー (2009)
  • Author(s): 戸倉川正樹, 白川晃, 植田憲一
  • Organizer: 超高速光エレクトロニクス研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 筑波招待講演
  • Year and Date: 2009-11-10
• [Presentation] Physics on High Intensity Lasers (2009)
  • Author(s): 植田憲一
  • Organizer: Asian Summer School on Laser Plasma Acceleration and Application
  • Place of Presentation: Hsinchu, Taiwan (invited)
  • Year and Date: 2009-08-17
• [Presentation] Continuous-Wave and Mode-Locked Laser Operations Based on Yb^<3+> : (YGd_2)Sc_2(GaAl_2)O_<12> Disordered Ceramic (2009)
  • Author(s): M.Tokurakawa, A.Shirakawa, K.Ueda, H.Yagi, T.Yanagitani, A.A.Kaminiskii
  • Organizer: in CLEO2009, paper CFO3.
  • Place of Presentation: Baltimore, USA
  • Year and Date: 2009-05-31
• [Presentation] New era of high power solid state lasers, Ceramic Laser, Fiber Laser and Fiber Link of Frequency Standard in ILS/UEC (2009)
  • Author(s): 植田憲一
  • Organizer: ODG Spring Seminar
  • Place of Presentation: Chofu, Japan (invited)
  • Year and Date: 2009-04-03
• [Presentation] 加速器・産業応用のための高平均出力高効率レーザー開発の進展 (2009)
  • Author(s): 植田憲一
  • Organizer: KEKレーザー科学推進室報告会
  • Place of Presentation: KEK大ホール
  • Year and Date: 2009-02-04
• [Presentation] Ultra-Short Pulses from Diode-Pumped Yb^<3+>-Doped Crystal and Ceramic Lasers with High Average Power (2009)
  • Author(s): M.Tokurakawa, A.Shirakawa, K.Ueda, R.Peters, S.Fredrich-Thornton, K.Petermann, G.Huber, H.Yagi, T.Yanagitani, A.A.Kaminskii
  • Organizer: ASSP 2009, paper MC3
  • Place of Presentation: Colorado, U.S.A.
  • Year and Date: 2009-02-01
• [Presentation] 高出力ファイバーレーザー、セラミックレーザーの研究 (2009)
  • Author(s): 植田憲一
  • Organizer: 光科学拠点東西合同シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 日東京大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-01-23
• [Presentation] Background of Ceramic Laser Research Works for Industrial and ScientificApplications (invited) (2008)
  • Author(s): 植田憲一
  • Organizer: 4th LCS 2008
  • Place of Presentation: Shanghai, China
  • Year and Date: 2008-11-11
• [Presentation] Ceramic laser development in ILS/UEC (invited) (2008)
  • Author(s): 植田憲一
  • Organizer: ASILS
  • Place of Presentation: Gwangju, Korea
  • Year and Date: 2008-11-03
• [Presentation] Recent progress of ceramic lasers for ultrashort pulse generation (invited) (2008)
  • Author(s): 植田憲一
  • Organizer: ICUIL
  • Place of Presentation: Tongli, China
  • Year and Date: 2008-10-31
• [Presentation] Circular modes selection in Yb : YAG laser using an intracavity lens with spherical aberration (2008)
  • Author(s): J.-F.Bisson, A.Shirakawa, K.Ueda, Yu.Senatsky
  • Organizer: Laser Optics 2008
  • Place of Presentation: St.Petersburg, Russia
  • Year and Date: 2008-06-24
• [Presentation] Concentration-Dependent Laser Performance of Yb : YAG Ceramics (2008)
  • Author(s): J.Dong, K.Ueda, H.Yagi
  • Organizer: CLEO 2008
  • Place of Presentation: San Jose, CA, US
  • Year and Date: 2008-05-08
• [Presentation] Diode-pumped sub 60-fs Kerr-Lens mode-locked Yb-doped sesquioxide combined ceramic laser (2008)
  • Author(s): M.Tokurakawa, A.Shirakawa, K.-i.Ueda, H.Yagi, T.Yanagitani, A.A.Kaminskii
  • Organizer: CLEO2008, CFP6
  • Place of Presentation: San Jose, USA Oral
  • Year and Date: 2008-05-04
• [Book] 現代物理学の世界高強度レーザー物理学 (2010)
  • Author(s): 植田憲一
  • Total Pages: 67-79
  • Publisher: ]
• [Book] 光科学の最前線2 (2009)
  • Author(s): 植田憲一
  • Total Pages: 40-41
  • Publisher: 「光科学の最前線」編集委員会編