Title :
Multiwatt and broadly tunable laser action from diode-pumping of two silicate ytterbium-doped crystals: Yb:Y2SiO5 and Yb:SrY4(SiO4)3O
Author :
Chénais, S. ; Balembois, F. ; Druon, F. ; Georges, Patrick ; Gaumé, R. ; Viana, B. ; Aka, G. ; Vivien, D.
Author_Institution :
Lab. Charles Fabry de I´´lnst. d´´Optique, Univ. Paris-Sud, Paris, France
Abstract :
Ytterbium-doped materials are competitors of neodymium-doped materials for high power diode-pumped lasers. Furthermore, some materials exhibit ultrabroad emission spectra, which makes them suitable for tunable or ultrafast sources around 1 μm. The high power and tunable cw laser action in Yb:Y2SiO5 (YSO), and then in a composite crystal made of Yb:SrY4(SiO4)3O (Yb:SYS) diffusion-bonded on an undoped YAG crystal. The pump source is a fiber-coupled laser diode emitting 13.5 W at the zero-line wavelength (977 nm for Yb:YSO and 979 nm for Yb:SYS). The resonator is a 3-mirror cavity designed to support only TEM00 oscillation.
Keywords :
laser mirrors; laser tuning; neodymium; optical materials; optical pumping; photoluminescence; semiconductor lasers; solid lasers; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; 13.5 W; 977 nm; 979 nm; SrY4(SiO4)3O:Yb; TEM00 oscillation; Y2SiO5:Yb; YAG crystal; broad tunable laser action; composite crystal; diode-pumped lasers; fiber-coupled laser diode emitting; neodymium-doped material; silicate ytterbium-doped crystals; tunable cw laser action; ultrabroad emission spectra; ultrafast source; Crystalline materials; Crystals; Diodes; Fiber lasers; Filters; Laser excitation; Optical materials; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7734-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1312072
