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Crystal planar waveguides, a power scaling architecture for low-gain transitions

Crystal planar waveguides, a power scaling architecture for low-gain transitions
Crystal planar waveguides, a power scaling architecture for low-gain transitions
In this paper we present the underlying advantages that make the crystalline planar waveguide (PW) the key ingredient in power-scaling difficult or "weak" laser transitions, especially those which are extremely challenging to operate in other gain medium configurations. The planar waveguide architecture is shown to enable efficient laser operation of low-gain and/or quasi-four-level transitions that suffer reabsorption losses. Exemplar configurations are reported to make this case, for example, 1.4 W at 1.8 µm from a Nd:YAG double-clad planar waveguide laser (PWL), in addition to 0.5 W at 2.7 µm from a similar highly doped Er:YAG PWL. New laser performance levels from sesquioxide PWs fabricated by pulsed laser deposition are also presented for the first time, with >1 W obtained from a Yb:Y2O3 PWL. Current performance and future prospects are discussed for this laser architecture.
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Mackenzie, J.I.
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Eason, R.W.
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Shepherd, D.P.
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Mackenzie, J.I., Szela, J.W., Beecher, S.J., Parsonage, T.L., Eason, R.W. and Shepherd, D.P. (2014) Crystal planar waveguides, a power scaling architecture for low-gain transitions. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 21 (1), [1601610]. (doi:10.1109/JSTQE.2014.2341916).

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In this paper we present the underlying advantages that make the crystalline planar waveguide (PW) the key ingredient in power-scaling difficult or "weak" laser transitions, especially those which are extremely challenging to operate in other gain medium configurations. The planar waveguide architecture is shown to enable efficient laser operation of low-gain and/or quasi-four-level transitions that suffer reabsorption losses. Exemplar configurations are reported to make this case, for example, 1.4 W at 1.8 µm from a Nd:YAG double-clad planar waveguide laser (PWL), in addition to 0.5 W at 2.7 µm from a similar highly doped Er:YAG PWL. New laser performance levels from sesquioxide PWs fabricated by pulsed laser deposition are also presented for the first time, with >1 W obtained from a Yb:Y2O3 PWL. Current performance and future prospects are discussed for this laser architecture.

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Published date: 23 July 2014
Additional Information: Art. No.1601610 (Invited)
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 367832
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/367832
ISSN: 1077-260X
PURE UUID: 5c909a26-c1d8-480b-aeac-7c73bf1f185d
ORCID for J.I. Mackenzie: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3355-6051
ORCID for R.W. Eason: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9704-2204
ORCID for D.P. Shepherd: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4561-8184

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Date deposited: 29 Aug 2014 15:36
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:07

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Author: J.I. Mackenzie ORCID iD
Author: J.W. Szela
Author: S.J. Beecher
Author: T.L. Parsonage
Author: R.W. Eason ORCID iD
Author: D.P. Shepherd ORCID iD

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