Highly efficient channel waveguide lasers at 2 µm

Author

van Dalfsen, Koop ; Aravazhi, Shanmugam ; Grivas, Christos ; Garcia-Blanco, Sonia M. ; Pollnau, Markus

Author_Institution

Integrated Opt. Microsyst. group, Univ. of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands

fYear

2013

fDate

23-27 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

Laser experiments on thulium-gadolinium-lutetium-yttrium co-doped monoclinic potassium double tungstates in buried, ridge-type channel-waveguide geometry demonstrate maximum slope efficiencies approaching twice the Stokes limit at ~1.9 μm, when pumping with a Ti:Sapphire laser at 800 nm.

Keywords

gadolinium compounds; laser beams; lutetium compounds; optical pumping; potassium compounds; sapphire; solid lasers; thulium compounds; titanium; waveguide lasers; yttrium compounds; Al₂O₃:Ti; KY_0.40Gd_0.29Lu_0.26Tm_0.05(WO₄)₂; Stokes limit; Ti:sapphire laser; buried ridge-type channel-waveguide geometry; channel waveguide lasers; laser experiments; slope efficiency; thulium-gadolinium-lutetium-yttrium codoped monoclinic potassium double tungstates; wavelength 2 mum; wavelength 800 nm; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical waveguides; Optimized production technology; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Waveguide lasers; 2-µm lasers; buried channel waveguides; double tungstates; integrated optics; rare-earth ions;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2013 15th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cartagena

ISSN

2161-2056

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602851

Filename

6602851