Title :
Growth and laser operation of an Yb-doped epitaxial tungstate crystal Yb:KY(WO/sub 4/)/sub 2//KY(WO/sub 4/)/sub 2/
Author :
Aznar, A. ; Sole, R. ; Aguiló, M. ; Diaz, F. ; Griebner, U. ; Grunwald, R. ; Petrov, V.
Author_Institution :
Grup de Fisica i Cristallografia de Mater., Univ. Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
Abstract :
High quality epitaxial double tungstate crystals were grown and continuous-wave laser operation at 1030 nm was demonstrated for the first time with a 25-/spl mu/m-thin Yb:KYW layer on a KYW substrate.
Keywords :
epitaxial growth; epitaxial layers; optical materials; solid lasers; ytterbium; 1030 nm; 25 mum; KYW substrate; KYW/sub 2/O/sub 8/; KYW/sub 2/O/sub 8/:Yb; Yb-doped tungstate crystal; Yb:KYW layer; continuous-wave laser; crystal growth; epitaxial tungstate crystal; laser operation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
