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Channel waveguide laser at 1µm in Yb-indiffused LiNbO3

Channel waveguide laser at 1µm in Yb-indiffused LiNbO3
Channel waveguide laser at 1µm in Yb-indiffused LiNbO3
We report laser action in a Ti-diffused LiNbO3 waveguide doped with trivalent Yb ions by thermal indiffusion. Lasing was observed at 1008, 1030, and 1060 nm with thresholds as low as 15-mW launched pump power. We reduced photorefractivity, which initially permitted only intermittent lasing, by annealing the sample in wet O2. The annealed sample lased continuously in a cavity formed by high-reflectivity mirrors; however, with a 7% output coupler the output power exhibited instabilities. The greatest value of the output power observed under these conditions was consistent with a slope efficiency of ~16% with respect to absorbed power.
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Jones, J.K.
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de Sandro, J.P.
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Hempstead, M.
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Wilkinson, J.S.
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Jones, J.K.
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de Sandro, J.P.
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Hempstead, M.
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Shepherd, D.P.
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Large, A.C.
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Tropper, A.C.
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Wilkinson, J.S.
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Jones, J.K., de Sandro, J.P., Hempstead, M., Shepherd, D.P., Large, A.C., Tropper, A.C. and Wilkinson, J.S. (1995) Channel waveguide laser at 1µm in Yb-indiffused LiNbO3. Optics Letters, 20 (13), 1477-1479. (doi:10.1364/OL.20.001477).

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We report laser action in a Ti-diffused LiNbO3 waveguide doped with trivalent Yb ions by thermal indiffusion. Lasing was observed at 1008, 1030, and 1060 nm with thresholds as low as 15-mW launched pump power. We reduced photorefractivity, which initially permitted only intermittent lasing, by annealing the sample in wet O2. The annealed sample lased continuously in a cavity formed by high-reflectivity mirrors; however, with a 7% output coupler the output power exhibited instabilities. The greatest value of the output power observed under these conditions was consistent with a slope efficiency of ~16% with respect to absorbed power.

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Published date: 1995

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Local EPrints ID: 78152
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/78152
ISSN: 0146-9592
PURE UUID: e94094ca-d899-4378-aed4-eac9e4ed1b3d
ORCID for D.P. Shepherd: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4561-8184
ORCID for J.S. Wilkinson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4712-1697

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Date deposited: 11 Mar 2010
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 02:34

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Author: J.K. Jones
Author: J.P. de Sandro
Author: M. Hempstead
Author: D.P. Shepherd ORCID iD
Author: A.C. Large
Author: A.C. Tropper
Author: J.S. Wilkinson ORCID iD

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