Comparative Study of High-Power Continuous-Wave Laser Performance of Yb-Doped Vanadate Crystals

Author

Liu, Junhai ; Han, Wenjuan ; Zhang, Huaijin ; Mateos, Xavier ; Petrov, Valentin

Author_Institution

Coll. of Phys., Qingdao Univ., Qingdao

Volume

45

Issue

7

fYear

2009

fDate

7/1/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

807

Lastpage

815

Abstract

A comprehensive experimental investigation has been conducted into the high-power continuous-wave (CW) laser performance of isostructural Yb-doped vanadates, including three ordered crystals of Yb:YVO₄, Yb:GdVO₄, and Yb:LuVO₄, and two mixed ones with compositional disorder: Yb_0.007 :Y_0.407Gd_0.586VO₄ and Yb_0.015:Lu_0.52Gd_0.465VO₄. The CW laser operation of the different vanadates is compared under nearly identical experimental conditions by using a high-power diode laser as the pump source. In addition to the output characteristics of the individual vanadate lasers, the polarization properties and optical bistability exhibited in the laser oscillation are also discussed. The spectroscopic properties closely related to the laser performance are compared and summarized for these Yb-doped vanadates.

Keywords

gadolinium compounds; laser beams; lutetium compounds; optical bistability; optical materials; optical pumping; solid lasers; spectral analysis; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; GdVO₄:Yb; Lu_0.52Gd_0.465VO₄:Yb_0.015; LuVO₄:Yb; Y_0.407Gd_0.586VO₄:Yb_0.007; YVO₄:Yb; high-power continuous-wave laser; high-power diode laser; laser operation; laser oscillation; optical bistability; optical crystal; optical polarization property; optical pump source; Crystalline materials; Crystals; Diodes; Laser excitation; Optical bistability; Optical materials; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Thermal conductivity; Thermal management; Bistability; Yb laser; diode pumping; polarization state; vanadate crystals;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JQE.2009.2014253

Filename

5042891