Growth and optical characterization of a new stoichiometric monoclinic laser crystal KYb(WO/sub 4/)/sub 2/

Author

Pujol, M.C. ; Bursukova, M.A. ; Guell, F. ; Mateos, X. ; Sole, R. ; Gavalda, J. ; Aguilo, M. ; Massons, J. ; Kirilov, T. ; Diaz, F. ; Klopp, P. ; Griebner, U. ; Petrov, V.

Author_Institution

Grup de Fisica i Cristallografia, Univ. Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain

fYear

2002

fDate

24-24 May 2002

Firstpage

499

Abstract

Summary from only given. We present here a new laser host with 100% Yb/sup 3+/-doped KYb(WO/sub 4/)/sub 2/ (hereafter KYbW). Stoichiometric laser materials of this type are advantageous in laser devices with thin disk or waveguide designs and are especially suited for diode laser pumping. KYbW single crystals were grown by the top seeded-solution growth slow-cooling method with K/sub 2/W/sub 2/O/sub 7/ chosen as a solvent.

Keywords

crystal growth from solution; fluorescence; optical materials; optical pumping; potassium compounds; solid lasers; stimulated emission; stoichiometry; waveguide lasers; ytterbium; K/sub 2/W/sub 2/O/sub 7/; KYb(WO/sub 4/)/sub 2/:Yb/sup 3+/; Yb/sup 3+/-doped KYb(WO/sub 4/)/sub 2/; diode laser pumping; diode-pumped solid state lasers; laser devices; laser host; single crystals; slow-cooling method; solvent; stoichiometric laser materials; stoichiometric monoclinic laser crystal; thin disk; top seeded-solution growth; waveguide designs; Crystalline materials; Crystals; Diode lasers; Laser excitation; Optical design; Optical materials; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Pump lasers; Waveguide lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-706-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2002.1034250

Filename

1034250