980 nm diode pumped laser action in Yb/sup 3+/:YCOB

Author

Hammons, D.A. ; Shah, Lawrence ; Ye, Qiaoyang ; Eichenholz, J. ; Richardson, Mark ; Chai, B.H.T. ; Chin, Alvin ; Cary, J.

Author_Institution

Center for Res. & Educ. in Opt. & Lasers, Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

28-28 May 1999

Firstpage

478

Lastpage

479

Abstract

Summary form only given. Ytterbium doped laser media are well suited for diode pumping and have favorable spectroscopic properties for compact high average power lasers emitting either tunable or ultrashort infrared radiation. In our previous work, we have demonstrated YCa/sub 4/O(BO/sub 3/)/sub 3/ (YCOB), to have some advantages such as broad wavelength tunability and the capability of self-frequency doubling. We have investigated the potential of Yb:YCOB under diode pumping utilizing widely available 980 nm diodes. Additional experiments were performed to show laser operation of Yb:YCOB under 900 nm pumping using a tunable CW Ti-sapphire.

Keywords

calcium compounds; laser beams; laser tuning; optical materials; optical pumping; solid lasers; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; 900 nm; 980 nm; Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/:Ti; YCa/sub 4/O(BO/sub 3/)/sub 3/:Yb; Yb/sup 3+/:YCa/sub 4/O(BO/sub 3/)/sub 3/; broad wavelength tunability; compact high average power laser; diode pumped laser action; diode pumping; laser operation; pumping; self-frequency doubling; spectroscopic properties; tunable CW Ti-sapphire; tunable infrared radiation; ultrashort infrared radiation; Crystals; Diodes; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser tuning; Lenses; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-595-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1999.834471

Filename

834471