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  • Solar-pumped fiber laser us...
    Endo, Masamori; Yamamoto, Kohei; Dottermusch, Stephan; Howard, Ian A.; Richards, Bryce S.; Tomizawa, Ryota; Masuda, Taizo

    Optics express, 07/2023, Volume: 31, Issue: 16
    Journal Article

    We have developed a fully planar solar-pumped fiber laser using a solid-state luminescent solar collector (LSC). This laser does not use any focusing device, such as a lens or mirror; thus, it can lase without tracking the sun. Our developed device with an aperture of 30 cm emits 15 mW, corresponding to an optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 0.023% and a collection efficiency of 0.21 W/m 2 . A 12-fold improvement over a previously developed liquid LSC is achieved by combining the total internal reflection of the solid-state LSC with dielectric multilayer mirrors. The observed laser power is in good agreement with that predicted via numerical simulation, demonstrating the effectiveness of our proposed method.