DocumentCode :
1994157
Title :
Efficient diode-pumped continuous-wave and picosecond lasers with ceramic Yb:(Y0.9La0.1)2O3 as gain medium
Author :
Zhang, Yongdong ; Wei, Zhiyi ; Wang, Zhenlin ; Zhang, Zhiguo ; Zhang, Haojia ; Yang, Qiuhong
Author_Institution :
Joint Lab. of Adv. Technol. in Meas., Inst. of Phys., Beijing, China
fYear :
2011
fDate :
Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
Firstpage :
1844
Lastpage :
1845
Abstract :
We generated 1.73 W CW laser from a diode pumped ceramic Yb:(Y0.9La0.1)2O3 laser, corresponding to a slope efficiency of 60.2 %. Mode-locking the laser with SESAM results in 3.1 ps pulse duration at 1075nm.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; solid lasers; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; (Y0.9La0.1)2O3:Yb; SESAM; ceramic laser; diode pumped ceramic; diode-pumped continuous-wave lasers; laser mode-locking; power 1.73 W; time 3.1 ps; wavelength 1075 nm; Ceramics; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Power generation; Pump lasers; Semiconductor 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.2011.6194130
Filename :
6194130
Link To Document :
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