• DocumentCode
    3001583
  • Title

    High-power diode-pumped lasers based on Yb:YAl3(BO3)4 crystals cut along the crystallographic axes

  • Author

    Liu, Junhai ; Mateos, Xavier ; Petrov, Valentin ; Zhang, Huaijin ; Li, Jing ; Wang, And Jiyang

  • Author_Institution
    Max-Born-Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Ultrafast Spectrosc., Berlin
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Continuous-wave laser operation near 1 mum is studied at room temperature with c-cut and a-cut Yb:YAl3(BO3)4 crystals end-pumped by a fiber-coupled diode-laser achieving an output power of 10.6 W and a slope efficiency of 72%.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre couplers; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; YAl3(BO3)4:Yb; continuous wave laser operation; crystallographic axes; crystals; fiber-coupled diode laser; high-power diode-pumped lasers; Crystals; Diodes; Laser beam cutting; Laser transitions; Optical coupling; Optical distortion; Optical pumping; Power generation; Power lasers; Solid lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452401
  • Filename
    4452401