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
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