Title :
KY(WO4)2:Tm3+ planar waveguide laser
Author :
Rivier, Simon ; Mateos, Xavier ; Petrov, Valentin ; Griebner, Uwe ; Romanyuk, Yaroslav E. ; Borca, Camelia N. ; Gardillou, Florent ; Pollnau, Markus
Author_Institution :
Max-Born-Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Ultrafast Spectrosc., Berlin
Abstract :
Waveguide lasing of monoclinic KY(WO4)2:Tm3+ grown by liquid-phase epitaxy is demonstrated in the 2 mum spectral range. The maximum continuous-wave output power achieved was 32 mW in the fundamental mode.
Keywords :
laser beams; laser modes; liquid phase epitaxial growth; optical materials; optical planar waveguides; potassium compounds; solid lasers; thulium; waveguide lasers; KY(WO4)2:Tm3+; continuous-wave output power; fundamental laser mode; liquid-phase epitaxy; monoclinic crystal growth; planar waveguide laser; power 32 mW; wavelength 2 mum; Laser modes; Laser transitions; Liquid waveguides; Nonlinear optics; Optical planar waveguides; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Power generation; Pump lasers; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453014
