77-%-slope-efficiency, 800-mW-average-power, diode-pumped at 976-nm Yb/sup 3+/:Ca/sub 4/GdO(BO/sub 3/)/sub 3/ laser

Author

Druon, Frederic ; Valentine, G. ; Auge, F. ; Balembois, Francois ; Georges, Patrick ; Brun, Anders ; Aron, A. ; Mougel, F. ; Aka, G. ; Vivien, D.

Author_Institution

Inst. d´Opt., CNRS, Orsay, France

fYear

2000

fDate

7-12 May 2000

Firstpage

225

Abstract

Summary form only given. The recently-developed Yb/sup 3+/ doped Ga/sub 4/LnO(BO/sub 3/)/sub 3/ (Ln=Y, Gd) crystals (Yb: LnCOB) have been shown to be promising for efficient all-solid-state lasers. These crystals exhibit many advantages such as simple quasi-three-level laser structure and absence of parasitic levels for the Yb/sup 3+/ ions. We present the results obtained from an Yb:GdCOB laser operating in the cw regime at room temperature pumped by 976-nm laser-diodes. Subsequently we will describe the results obtained in the Q-switch regime.

Keywords

Q-switching; calcium compounds; laser transitions; optical pumping; solid lasers; thermo-optical effects; ytterbium; 77 percent; 800 mW; 976 nm; Ca/sub 4/GdO(BO/sub 3/)/sub 3/:Yb; Q-switch regime; Yb/sup 3+/:Ca/sub 4/GdO(BO/sub 3/)/sub 3/ laser; Yb:GdCOB laser; all-solid-state lasers; diode-pumped; laser pumping; mW-average-power; parasitic levels; quasithree-level laser structure; room temperature; slope-efficiency; Crystals; Diodes; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-634-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2000.906942

Filename

906942