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Engineering of thin crystal layers grown by pulsed laser deposition

Engineering of thin crystal layers grown by pulsed laser deposition
Engineering of thin crystal layers grown by pulsed laser deposition
Pulsed laser deposition (PLD) is an epitaxial growth technique capable of growing planar layers of crystals with thicknesses up to several 10's of microns. Crystal layers can be grown sequentially without intermediate sample conditioning allowing complicated structures, such as laser-active double-clad designs, to be routinely fabricated. We have recently demonstrated output powers of more than 16W and slope efficiencies of 70% for diode-bar end-pumped planar waveguide oscillators based on PLD Yb:YAG grown on YAG substrates. Here, we present our initial results on varying the growth conditions to tailor the stoichiometry, refractive index, and spectroscopic properties of PLD grown layers. This fine level of control, made possible by this technique, opens the way to bespoke and unique gain media for novel amplifier and lasers designs.
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Grant-Jacob, James
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Beecher, Stephen
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Parsonage, Tina
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Hua, Ping
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Mackenzie, Jacob
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Shepherd, David
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Eason, Robert
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Parsonage, Tina
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Mackenzie, Jacob
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Shepherd, David
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Grant-Jacob, James, Beecher, Stephen, Parsonage, Tina, Hua, Ping, Mackenzie, Jacob, Shepherd, David and Eason, Robert (2016) Engineering of thin crystal layers grown by pulsed laser deposition. In Proceedings Volume 9893, Laser Sources and Applications III. vol. 98930E, SPIE. 7 pp . (doi:10.1117/12.2229747).

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Pulsed laser deposition (PLD) is an epitaxial growth technique capable of growing planar layers of crystals with thicknesses up to several 10's of microns. Crystal layers can be grown sequentially without intermediate sample conditioning allowing complicated structures, such as laser-active double-clad designs, to be routinely fabricated. We have recently demonstrated output powers of more than 16W and slope efficiencies of 70% for diode-bar end-pumped planar waveguide oscillators based on PLD Yb:YAG grown on YAG substrates. Here, we present our initial results on varying the growth conditions to tailor the stoichiometry, refractive index, and spectroscopic properties of PLD grown layers. This fine level of control, made possible by this technique, opens the way to bespoke and unique gain media for novel amplifier and lasers designs.

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Accepted/In Press date: 31 March 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 3 April 2016
Published date: 9 May 2016
Venue - Dates: SPIE Photonics Europe 2016, , Brussels, Belgium, 2016-04-03 - 2016-04-07
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 403148
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/403148
PURE UUID: 7660e382-4c1f-4513-971d-5cc0f1944fdd
ORCID for James Grant-Jacob: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4270-4247
ORCID for Jacob Mackenzie: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3355-6051
ORCID for David Shepherd: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4561-8184
ORCID for Robert Eason: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9704-2204

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Date deposited: 28 Nov 2016 09:42
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 04:05

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Author: Stephen Beecher
Author: Tina Parsonage
Author: Ping Hua
Author: Jacob Mackenzie ORCID iD
Author: David Shepherd ORCID iD
Author: Robert Eason ORCID iD

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