• DocumentCode
    1994157
  • Title

    Efficient diode-pumped continuous-wave and picosecond lasers with ceramic Yb:(Y0.9La0.1)2O3 as gain medium

  • Author

    Zhang, Yongdong ; Wei, Zhiyi ; Wang, Zhenlin ; Zhang, Zhiguo ; Zhang, Haojia ; Yang, Qiuhong

  • Author_Institution
    Joint Lab. of Adv. Technol. in Meas., Inst. of Phys., Beijing, China
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
  • Firstpage
    1844
  • Lastpage
    1845
  • Abstract
    We generated 1.73 W CW laser from a diode pumped ceramic Yb:(Y0.9La0.1)2O3 laser, corresponding to a slope efficiency of 60.2 %. Mode-locking the laser with SESAM results in 3.1 ps pulse duration at 1075nm.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; solid lasers; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; (Y0.9La0.1)2O3:Yb; SESAM; ceramic laser; diode pumped ceramic; diode-pumped continuous-wave lasers; laser mode-locking; power 1.73 W; time 3.1 ps; wavelength 1075 nm; Ceramics; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Power generation; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6194130
  • Filename
    6194130