Title : 
Efficient cryo-cooled 2.7-µm Er3+-doped Y2O3 ceramic laser diode-pumped at 974 nm
         
        
            Author : 
Sanamyan, T. ; Simmons, J. ; Dubinskii, M.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
RDRL-SEE-O, U.S. Army Res. Lab., Adelphi, MD, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Reported here is the first cryogenically-cooled diode-pumped performance of Er3+:Y2O3 laser based on 4 I11/2 ⇒ 4 I13/2 transitions. Pump-limited CW power of over 1.6 W at ~2.7 μm was achieved with the 27.5% slope efficiency.
         
        
            Keywords : 
erbium; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; cryo-cooled ceramic laser; cryogenically-cooled diode-pumped laser; power 1.6 W; wavelength 2.7 mum; wavelength 974 nm; Ceramics; Diodes; Erbium; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Temperature; Thermal conductivity;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
San Jose, CA
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-55752-890-2
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-55752-890-2