Diode-pumped laser operation of Yb,Tm:KY(WO/sub 4/)/sub 2/ around 1.97 /spl mu/m

Author

Demidovich, A.A. ; Kuzmin, A.N. ; Nikeenko, N.K. ; Titov, A.N. ; Mond, M. ; Kueck, S.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Molecular & Atomic Phys., Nat. Acad. of Sci. of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus

fYear

2002

fDate

24-24 May 2002

Firstpage

500

Abstract

Summary from only given. This paper presents to our knowledge for the first time the results on the investigation of laser operation of a new medium-Yb/sup 3+/,Tm/sup 3+/:KY(WO/sub 4/)/sub 2/ (Yb:Tm:KYW). In our previous studies it has been shown that this laser material possesses a strong absorption band with a maximum at 981 nm and strong and broad luminescence band in the wavelength range of 1.68 to 2.0 /spl mu/m.

Keywords

infrared sources; infrared spectra; laser transitions; optical materials; optical pumping; photoluminescence; potassium compounds; solid lasers; stimulated emission; thulium; ytterbium; 1.68 to 2.0 micron; 1.97 micron; 981 nm; IR spectra; KY(WO/sub 4/)/sub 2/:Yb,Tm; Yb/sup 3+/,Tm/sup 3+/:KY(WO/sub 4/)/sub 2/; broad luminescence band; diode-pumped laser operation; laser material; photoluminescence; strong absorption band; Absorption; Diode lasers; Electrons; Fluorescence; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Optical refraction; Solid lasers; Solid state circuits; Surface emitting 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.2002.1034251

Filename

1034251