• DocumentCode
    2867121
  • Title

    Efficient continuous-wave laser operation of Tm:KLu(WO4)2 near 2 μm

  • Author

    Mateos, Xavier ; Liu, Junhai ; Griebner, Uwe ; Petrov, Valentin ; Pujol, Maria Cinta ; Aguilo, Magdalena ; Diaz, Francesc ; Galan, Miguel ; Viera, Gregorio

  • Author_Institution
    Max-Born-Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Ultrafast Spectrosc., Berlin
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Maximum output powers of 1.4 and 4 W and slope efficiencies of 60 and 69% were obtained with a Tm:KLu(WO4)2 laser near 2 mum under Ti:sapphire and diode laser pumping, respectively.
  • Keywords
    lutetium compounds; optical pumping; potassium compounds; solid lasers; thulium; KLu(WO4)2:Tm; continuous-wave laser operation; efficiency 60 percent; efficiency 69 percent; laser pumping; power 1.4 W; power 4 W; slope efficiency; Absorption; Diodes; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Optical pumping; Polarization; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; (140.3070) Infrared and far-infrared lasers; (140.3480) Lasers, diode-pumped; (140.5680) Rare earth and transition metal solid-state lasers; (160.5690) Rare earth doped materials;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627987
  • Filename
    4627987