Title :
KY(WO4)2:Yb3+ planar waveguide laser
Author :
Romanyuk, Y.E. ; Borca, C.N. ; PolInau, M. ; Griebner, U. ; Rivier, S. ; Petrov, V.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Imaging & Appl. Opt., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
Continuous-wave waveguide lasing in a thin layer of monoclinic KY(WO4)2:Yb3+ grown by liquid-phase epitaxy is demonstrated at 1024 nm in the fundamental mode with 50% slope efficiency and 290 mW of output power.
Keywords :
laser modes; liquid phase epitaxial growth; potassium compounds; solid lasers; waveguide lasers; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; 1024 nm; 290 mW; KY(WO4)2:Yb; KY(WO4)2:Yb3+ laser; continuous-wave lasing; fundamental mode; liquid-phase epitaxy; planar waveguide laser; waveguide lasing; Absorption; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Nonlinear optics; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Pump lasers; Substrates; Waveguide lasers; Waveguide transitions;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202243
