• DocumentCode
    1985680
  • Title

    Efficient continuous-wave and Q-switched Yb:LuAG lasers

  • Author

    Dong, Jun ; Cheng, Ying ; Ma, Jian ; Ueda, Ken-ichi ; Kaminskii, Alexander A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Xiamen Univ., Xiamen, China
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
  • Firstpage
    635
  • Lastpage
    637
  • Abstract
    Efficient continuous-wave laser operation based on Yb:LuAG crystals has been obtained at 1030 and 1047 nm. Stable, subnanosceond passively Q-switched Yb:LuAG/Cr4+:YAG microchip lasers were demonstrated with slope efficiencies of 40%.
  • Keywords
    Q-switching; chromium compounds; lutetium compounds; microchip lasers; ytterbium; LuAG:Yb; Q-switched lasers; YAG:Cr4+; continuous-wave lasers; crystals; microchip lasers; wavelength 1030 nm; wavelength 1047 nm; Crystals; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Microchip lasers; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump 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.2011.6193733
  • Filename
    6193733