摘要
The Yb：YAG is an excellent high-average power and ultra-short pulse laser crystal. Transition intensity parameters A（tp）~k and Huang–Rhys factors are fitted to its emission spectrum by the full-profile fitting method. Calculated results indicate that the emission spectrum of Yb：YAG at cryogenic temperature consists of three pure electron state transitions and two phononassisted transitions, one vibronic transition releases one-phonon of 3 cm^（-1）, and the other vibronic transition absorbs onephonon of 22 cm^（-1）. At 300 K, the phonon assisted transition of 3 cm^（-1） turns into two-or more-phonon assisted transitions.The procedure absorbing phonon can reduce the thermal load of Yb：YAG and improve the laser efficiency, which may be one of the reasons why Yb：YAG has excellent performance. The emission bands of Yb：YAG are broadened thermally, and the peak values decrease by several times. The emission cross sections of Yb：YAG determined by Fuchtbauer–Ladenburg（F–L） formula are remarkably different from those calculated with A（tp）~k, which indicates that it is necessary for a laser material to determine its transition intensity parameters A（tp）~kin order to reasonably evaluate the laser performance.
The Yb：YAG is an excellent high-average power and ultra-short pulse laser crystal. Transition intensity parameters A（tp）~k and Huang–Rhys factors are fitted to its emission spectrum by the full-profile fitting method. Calculated results indicate that the emission spectrum of Yb：YAG at cryogenic temperature consists of three pure electron state transitions and two phononassisted transitions, one vibronic transition releases one-phonon of 3 cm^（-1）, and the other vibronic transition absorbs onephonon of 22 cm^（-1）. At 300 K, the phonon assisted transition of 3 cm^（-1） turns into two-or more-phonon assisted transitions.The procedure absorbing phonon can reduce the thermal load of Yb：YAG and improve the laser efficiency, which may be one of the reasons why Yb：YAG has excellent performance. The emission bands of Yb：YAG are broadened thermally, and the peak values decrease by several times. The emission cross sections of Yb：YAG determined by Fuchtbauer–Ladenburg（F–L） formula are remarkably different from those calculated with A（tp）~k, which indicates that it is necessary for a laser material to determine its transition intensity parameters A（tp）~kin order to reasonably evaluate the laser performance.
基金
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61405206,51502292,and 51702322)
the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant Nos.CXJJ-16M251 and CXJJ-15M055)
the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2016YFB0402101)
