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
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