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Continuous wave and mode-locked Yb3+:Y2O3 ceramic thin disk laser

Continuous wave and mode-locked Yb3+:Y2O3 ceramic thin disk laser
Continuous wave and mode-locked Yb3+:Y2O3 ceramic thin disk laser
CW and mode-locked laser operation based on an Yb3+:Y2O3 ceramic thin disk is reported. In CW laser operation, an output power of 70 W with an optical-to-optical efficiency of 57.4% was achieved. A higher slope efficiency of 70% was also obtained with a 50-W pump laser diode with more suitable emission characteristics. In mode-locked laser operation, pulses as short as 547 fs with an average power of 7.4 W were obtained. To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of a high power CW and mode-locked laser operation based on Yb3+:Y2O3 ceramic thin disks.
1094-4087
10847-10852
Tokurakawa, Masaki
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Ueda, Ken-ichi
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Yagi, Hideki
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Yanagitani, Takagimi
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Kaminskii, Alexander A.
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Beil, Kolja
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Huber, Günter
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Tokurakawa, Masaki
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Ueda, Ken-ichi
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Yagi, Hideki
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Yanagitani, Takagimi
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Kaminskii, Alexander A.
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Beil, Kolja
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Kränkel, Christian
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Huber, Günter
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Tokurakawa, Masaki, Shirakawa, Akira, Ueda, Ken-ichi, Yagi, Hideki, Yanagitani, Takagimi, Kaminskii, Alexander A., Beil, Kolja, Kränkel, Christian and Huber, Günter (2012) Continuous wave and mode-locked Yb3+:Y2O3 ceramic thin disk laser. Optics Express, 20 (10), 10847-10852. (doi:10.1364/OE.20.010847).

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Abstract

CW and mode-locked laser operation based on an Yb3+:Y2O3 ceramic thin disk is reported. In CW laser operation, an output power of 70 W with an optical-to-optical efficiency of 57.4% was achieved. A higher slope efficiency of 70% was also obtained with a 50-W pump laser diode with more suitable emission characteristics. In mode-locked laser operation, pulses as short as 547 fs with an average power of 7.4 W were obtained. To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of a high power CW and mode-locked laser operation based on Yb3+:Y2O3 ceramic thin disks.

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Accepted/In Press date: 10 April 2012
Published date: 25 April 2012
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 378483
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/378483
ISSN: 1094-4087
PURE UUID: 524a076a-2521-4f45-bfdb-fc04bbaeafae

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Author: Masaki Tokurakawa
Author: Akira Shirakawa
Author: Ken-ichi Ueda
Author: Hideki Yagi
Author: Takagimi Yanagitani
Author: Alexander A. Kaminskii
Author: Kolja Beil
Author: Christian Kränkel
Author: Günter Huber

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