Title :
Inband-pumped Ho:KLu(WO4)2 microchip laser q-switched with a PbS-quantum-Dot-doped glass
Author :
Loiko, Pavel ; Serres, Josep Maria ; Mateos, Xavier ; Yumashev, Konstantin ; Malyarevich, Alexander ; Onushchenko, Alexei ; Petrov, Valentin ; Griebner, Uwe ; Aguilo, Magdalena ; Diaz, Francesc
Author_Institution :
Fis. i Cristal·lografia de Mater. i Nanomater. (FiCMA-FiCNA), Univ. Rovira i Virgili (URV), Tarragona, Spain
Abstract :
Maximum average output power of 84 mW, slope efficiency of 42%, and pulse duration of 55 ns are achieved at 2.06 μm with a passively Q-switched Ho:KLu(WO4)2 microchip laser inband-pumped by a Tm:KLu(WO4)2 microchip laser.
Keywords :
IV-VI semiconductors; Q-switching; holmium; lutetium compounds; microchip lasers; optical pumping; potassium compounds; semiconductor quantum dots; KLu(WO4)2:Ho; PbS; inband-pumped microchip laser Q-switching; lead sulphide-quantum-dot-doped glass; power 84 mW; time 55 ns; wavelength 2.06 mum; Absorption; Crystals; Glass; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical materials; Power generation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
