• DocumentCode
    1981085
  • Title

    Diode-end-pumped Tm3+-doped thin slab solid-state lasers

  • Author

    Cheng, Xiaojin ; Xu, Jianqiu ; Zhao, Guangjun ; Pan, Yubai ; Jiang, Benxue

  • Author_Institution
    Shanghai Inst. of Opt. & Fine Mech., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Shanghai, China
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    30-3 Aug. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report diode-end-pumped continuous-wave Tm:YAlO3 crystal and Tm:YAG ceramic thin slab lasers. At room temperature, when pumped by fast-axis collimated laser diodes, the maximum output powers of Tm:YAlO3 crystal and Tm:YAG ceramic are 15 W and 4.5 W respectively.
  • Keywords
    aluminium compounds; solid lasers; thulium; yttrium compounds; YAG:Tm; YAlO3:Tm; ceramic thin slab lasers; continuous-wave crystal; diode-end-pumped thin slab solid-state lasers; fast-axis collimated laser diodes; power 15 W; power 4.5 W; Ceramics; Diode lasers; Doping; Laser excitation; Optical pumping; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Slabs; Solid lasers; Tm:YAG ceramic; Tm:YAlO3 crystal;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Shanghai
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3829-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3830-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292618
  • Filename
    5292618