• DocumentCode
    1185165
  • Title

    Modeling and experimental investigation of a diode-pumped Tm:YAlO3 laser with a- and b-cut crystal orientations

  • Author

    Cemy, P. ; Burns, David

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Photonics, Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
  • Volume
    11
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    674
  • Lastpage
    681
  • Abstract
    The Tm:YAlO3 laser performance for two crystal orientations in diode-end-pumped configurations is presented in this paper. An advanced numerical model, which included reabsorption, temperature profile in the medium, and pump and laser beam spatial distribution, was used to predict laser performance. An experimental investigation comparing a- and b-oriented Tm:YAlO3 crystals laser performance is presented and discussed in detail. The novel a-cut orientation produced superior performance over the traditionally used b-cut orientation. The modeling results were found to be in a good agreement with the measured data.
  • Keywords
    crystal orientation; laser beams; optical materials; optical pumping; solid lasers; thulium; yttrium compounds; Tm:YAlO3 laser; YAl2O3:Tm; crystal orientation; diode pumping; laser beam spatial distribution; reabsorption; temperature profile; Absorption; Crystals; Diodes; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser radar; Laser tuning; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Spectroscopy; Diode-pumped laser; quasi-three-level laser model; thulium laser;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1077-260X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JSTQE.2005.850239
  • Filename
    1516135
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1185165