Title :
CW tunable ytterbium YAG laser pumped by titanium sapphire
Author :
Allen, R. ; Esterowitz, L.
Author_Institution :
Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
fDate :
4/13/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Room-temperature CW laser operation from Yb3+ in YAG is reported. The pump source is a 1 W titanium-sapphire laser tuned to 940 nm. The ytterbium laser was tuned continuously from 1.016 to 1.095 μm. Output power up to 400 mW was measured with 1 W of pump power incident on the laser crystal
Keywords :
laser tuning; optical pumping; solid lasers; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; 1 W; 1.016 to 1.095 micron; 400 mW; 940 nm; Al2O3:Ti; CW tunable YAG laser; Ti:sapphire pump laser; YAG:Yb; YAl5O12:Yb; Yb3+:YAG laser; continuous-wave operation; room-temperature operation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19950439