Lasing properties of new Yb-doped borate compounds with varying gadolinium and yttrium concentration

Author

Manek-Hönninger, Inka ; Jubera, Véronique ; Chavoutier, Marie ; Descamps, Dominique ; Veber, Philippe ; Velazquez, Matias ; Garcia, A. ; Canioni, L.

fYear

2011

fDate

22-26 May 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

This contribution shows spectroscopic and lasing properties of new ytterbium-doped borate compounds with varying gadolinium and yttrium concentrations. The studied crystals dispose the structure Li₆(Gd_(1-x)Y_x)_0.75Yb_0.25(BO₃)₃ with x = 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75 and 1, respectively. All compounds were grown by the Czochralski method. We studied the absorption and emission spectra and investigated the gain properties at 1030 nm. The absorption spectra were taken by transmission measurements with unpolarized light on the crystals.

Keywords

crystal growth from melt; gadolinium compounds; infrared spectra; optical materials; solid lasers; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; Czochralski method; Li₆(Gd_(1-x)Y_x)_0.75Yb_0.25(BO₃)₃; absorption spectra; emission spectra; gadolinium concentration; lasing properties; spectroscopic properties; ytterbium-doped borate compounds; yttrium concentration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference

Conference_Location

Munich

ISSN

Pending

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0533-5

Electronic_ISBN

Pending

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942485

Filename

5942485