Title :
Crystal growth and optical properties of Yb:YTaO4
Author :
Ding, Lihua ; Zhang, Qingli ; Zhou, Wenlong ; Liu, Wenpeng ; Yin, Shaotang
Author_Institution :
Anhui Inst. of Opt. & Fine Mech., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Hefei, China
Abstract :
Single crystal of M phase Yb:YTaO4 was grown by the Czochralski method. Large emission cross-section (1.05times10-20 cm2), wide FWHM of absorption and emission, and long lifetime (0.74 ms), indicate that Yb:YTaO4 is very promising laser crystal used in all solid state ultra-short laser.
Keywords :
crystal growth from melt; high-speed optical techniques; optical properties; solid lasers; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; Czochralski method; YTaO4:Yb; crystal growth; emission cross-section; laser crystal; optical properties; solid state ultra-short laser; Absorption; Crystalline materials; Fluorescence; Laser theory; Optical pulse generation; Photoluminescence; Raw materials; Solid lasers; Temperature; X-ray diffraction; Absorption; Crystal growth; Fluorescence lifetime; Photoluminescence; Yb:YTaO4;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292221
