DocumentCode
1965244
Title
Advanced tunability and high-efficiency of a diode-pumped Yb/sup 3+/:Ca/sub 4/GdO(BO/sub 3/)/sub 3/ laser
Author
Auge, F. ; Mougel, F. ; Balembois, Francois ; Georges, Patrick ; Brun, Anders ; Aka, G. ; Kahn-Harari, A. ; Vivien, D.
Author_Institution
Inst. d´Opt., CNRS, Orsay, France
fYear
1999
fDate
28-28 May 1999
Firstpage
392
Lastpage
393
Abstract
Summary form only given. Yb doped materials are of particular interest for diode-pumping operation. The simple electronic structure of the ytterbium ion keeps off cross relaxation, upconversion or concentration quenching, and its small quantum defect limits thermal problems. Yb doped YAG, apatite and glass have been shown to be efficient lasers. We describe in this paper the first diode pumped laser operation of a Yb/sup 3+/ doped Ca/sub 4/GdO(BO/sub 3/)/sub 3/ crystal.
Keywords
calcium compounds; gadolinium compounds; laser tuning; solid lasers; ytterbium; Ca/sub 4/GdO(BO/sub 3/)/sub 3/:Yb; diode-pumped laser; efficiency; output power; tunability; Crystalline materials; Crystals; Diodes; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Optical coupling; Optical materials; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Thermal conductivity;
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.1999.839625
Filename
839625
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