Efficient operation and power stability of a cw Er,Yb:YCOB laser at 1.55 μm

Author

Burns, Pharaoh ; Dawes, Judith M. ; Dekker, Peter ; Piper, James A. ; Jiang, Haidong ; Wang, Jiyang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Macquarie Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia

fYear

2003

fDate

22-27 June 2003

Firstpage

47

Abstract

We have previously reported the first demonstration of laser operation in Er,Yb:YCOB with studies of the Er→Yb energy transfer process to identify the optimum dopant concentrations. In this paper we will present efficient diode-pumped laser operation of this crystalline material at 1.55 μm. 110 mW has been obtained with a 1.6 W cw fibre-coupled diode laser pump and 250 mW cw with a 2.8 W fibre-coupled pump, both in TEM₀₀ transverse mode.

Keywords

boron compounds; calcium compounds; erbium; laser beams; laser modes; laser stability; optical materials; optical pumping; solid lasers; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; 1.55 micron; 1.6 W; 110 mW; 2.8 W; 250 mW; Er,Yb:YCOB laser; TEM₀₀ transverse mode; YCa₄OB₃O₉:Yb, Er; crystalline material; diode-pumped laser operation; energy transfer process; fibre-coupled diode laser pump; optimum dopant concentration; power stability; Laser applications; Laser excitation; Laser stability; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Optical materials; P-i-n diodes; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7734-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1312109

Filename

1312109