• DocumentCode
    1672067
  • Title

    Channel waveguide lasers produced by femtosecond and picosecond direct laser writing in Ti:Sapphire crystals

  • Author

    Grivas, C. ; Corbari, C. ; Brambilla, G. ; Kazansky, P.G. ; Lagoudakis, P.G.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Femtosecond-laser-written Ti:sapphire channel waveguides laser at ~798.25 nm above a threshold pump power of 84 mW with output power and slope efficiency of 143 mW and 23.5%, respectively. Lasing was also observed in picosecond-laser-written channels.
  • Keywords
    laser beam effects; optical pumping; optical waveguides; sapphire; titanium; Ti:sapphire crystals; channel waveguide lasers; femtosecond laser writing; output power; picosecond direct laser writing; power 143 mW; power 84 mW; slope efficiency; threshold pump power; waveguides laser; wavelength -798.25 nm; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical waveguides; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Waveguide lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326358