Title :
Infrared wavelength tunability in Yb:YCOB
Author :
Richardson, Mark ; Peale, Robert E. ; Qiu, Haibing
Author_Institution :
Center for Res. in Electro-Optics & Lasers, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Abstract :
Ytterbium-based laser systems have demonstrated promise as alternatives to neodymium-laser systems in high power laser applications. Ytterbium systems are particularly well suited for diode pumping and have previously demonstrated wavelength tunability when doped into YAG. We summarize our experiments with ytterbium doped into a new laser host material, YCa4B3O10 (YCOB), which provides at least 70 nm of wavelength tunability
Keywords :
laser tuning; optical harmonic generation; solid lasers; ytterbium; IR wavelength tunability; YCa4B3O10:Yb; Yb:YCa4B3O10 laser; self-frequency doubling; tunable lasers; Absorption; Diodes; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optimized production technology; Photonics; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics; Ytterbium;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1998. LEOS '98. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4947-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1998.737763
