Title :
Spectroscopic and lasing properties of highly-doped Ytterbium-glasses
Author :
Sasaki, Kenta ; Furuta, Hiroshi ; Yonezawa, Susumu ; Matsubara, Shinichi ; Watanabe, Seiji ; Igarashi, Tatsuya ; Kondo, Yutaka ; Sasatani, Yoshinobu ; Hitotsuya, Hiroyuki ; Kawato, Sakae
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Eng., Univ. of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
fDate :
Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
Abstract :
Ytterbium (Yb) doped glass is expected as next generation high-performance solid laser material. However, the laser glasses have a problem that the ions-doping-concentration is much lower than crystals. In this study, we make highly-doped Ytterbium-ions glasses (YbF3-BaF2-AlF3-GeO2, YbBAG), and succeeded laser oscillations of 20 mol.% Ytterbium-ions glass. The highly-doped Ytterbium-ions glasses are much suitable for short-fiber or waveguide lasers.
Keywords :
optical glass; solid lasers; ytterbium compounds; YbF3-BaF2-AlF3-GeO2; highly-doped ytterbium-glasses; ions-doping-concentration; laser oscillations; lasing properties; next generation high-performance solid laser material; short-fiber lasers; spectroscopic properties; waveguide lasers; Absorption; Glass; Laser excitation; Oscillators; Pump lasers; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1939-4
DOI :
10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6193848
