High efficiency 2066-nm laser based on Tm:Lu2O3 ceramics

Author

Antipov, O.L. ; Zakharov, N.G. ; Novikov, A.A. ; Sharkov, V.V.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Appl. Phys., Russian Acad. of Sci., Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

fYear

2011

fDate

22-26 May 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Two-micron laser sources are very attractive for many applications, such as medical surgery, atmospheric wind lidar, gas detection, or pumping of mid-IR optical parametric oscillators. Tm-doped materials (crystals or glass fibers) enabling generation at 1.8-2.1 μm provide a good opportunity for creation of the laser sources. The efficient cross-relaxation populating of the upper 2-μm laser level in addition to pumping of the Tm-doped materials by commercially available laser diodes at 800 nm is their important advantage.

Keywords

ceramics; glass fibres; lutetium compounds; optical glass; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; solid lasers; thulium; Lu₂O₃:Tm; Tm-doped materials; atmospheric wind lidar; ceramics; cross-relaxation; gas detection; glass fibers; laser diodes; laser sources; medical surgery; mid-IR optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; wavelength 1.8 mum to 2.1 mum; wavelength 2066 nm; wavelength 800 nm;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference

Conference_Location

Munich

ISSN

Pending

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0533-5

Electronic_ISBN

Pending

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942494

Filename

5942494