• DocumentCode
    3646317
  • Title

    Comparison of CW diode pumped Er:YVO4 and Er:GdVO4 lasers

  • Author

    Jan Šulc;Michal Němec;Helena Jelínkova;Witold Ryba-Romanowski;Tadeusz Łukasiewicz

  • Author_Institution
    Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    1575
  • Lastpage
    1577
  • Abstract
    Two vanadate crystals, YVO4 and GdVO4, were compared as a laser hosts for erbium ion. Spectroscopic and laser characteristics were measured. Power up to 0.4 W was obtained at 1.6 μm under CW diode pumping at 977 nm.
  • Keywords
    "Laser excitation","Crystals","Pump lasers","Semiconductor lasers","Power lasers","Absorption","Power generation"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1939-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6193808
  • Filename
    6193808