• DocumentCode
    1983669
  • Title

    High-power Yb- and Tm-doped double tungstate channel waveguide lasers

  • Author

    van Dalfsen, K. ; Geskus, D. ; Ay, F. ; Wörhoff, K. ; Aravazhi, S. ; Pollnau, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Integrated Opt. Micro Syst. group, Univ. of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
  • Firstpage
    998
  • Lastpage
    1000
  • Abstract
    KY1-x-yGdxLuy(WO4)2 channel waveguide lasers demonstrated 650 mW output power and 72% slope efficiency at 981 nm for Yb3+ doping. For Tm3+ doping, 149 mW output power and 31.5% slope efficiency at 1846 nm were obtained.
  • Keywords
    doping; gadolinium compounds; laser beams; lutetium compounds; potassium compounds; solid lasers; thulium; waveguide lasers; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; KGdxLu1-x(WO4)2:Yb; KY1-x-yGdxLuy(WO4)2:Tm; doping; high-power double tungstate channel waveguide lasers; laser output power; power 149 mW; power 650 mW; slope efficiency; wavelength 1846 nm; wavelength 981 nm; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Optical waveguides; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Waveguide lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
  • Conference_Location
    Sydney, NSW
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1939-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6193659
  • Filename
    6193659