Investigation on Continuous Wave Laser Performance of alpha-Cut Tm,Ho:YAlO3 Crystal at Room Temperature

Author

Yang, K.J. ; Bromberger, H. ; Dekorsy, T. ; Zheng, L.H. ; Xu, J. ; Zhao, G.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys. & Center of Appl. Photonics, Univ. of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany

fYear

2011

fDate

16-18 May 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

An experimental investigation on the laser performance of an α-oriented Tm,Ho: YAIO₃ crystal end-pumped by a wavelength tunable Ti:Sapphire laser is presented in this paper. Single- and dual-wavelength operations of Tm,Ho:YAIO₃ lasers have been investigated in detail. Maximum output powers of 890mW at 2119nm, 836mW at 2103nm and 487mW at 2130nm for the α-oriented Tm,Ho:YAIO₃ crystal have been obtained, corresponding to optical conversion efficiencies of 32% and 31% and 18% in terms of absorbed pump power, respectively. The maximum slope efficiency reaches 45.9% when the laser runs at 2119nm.

Keywords

holmium; laser beams; laser tuning; optical frequency conversion; optical pumping; solid lasers; thulium; yttrium compounds; α-oriented crystal; YAlO₃:Tm,Ho; absorbed pump power; continuous wave laser performance; dual-wavelength operations; laser output powers; maximum slope efficiency; optical conversion efficiencies; power 487 mW; power 836 mW; power 890 mW; single-wavelength operations; temperature 293 K to 298 K; wavelength 2103 nm; wavelength 2119 nm; wavelength 2130 nm; wavelength tunable laser; Crystals; Laser theory; Measurement by laser beam; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photonics and Optoelectronics (SOPO), 2011 Symposium on

Conference_Location

Wuhan

ISSN

2156-8464

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6555-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SOPO.2011.5780381

Filename

5780381