Highly efficient KY1-x-yGdxLuy(WO4)2:Tm3+ channel waveguide lasers
Highly efficient KY1-x-yGdxLuy(WO4)2:Tm3+ channel waveguide lasers
High-quality crystalline KY(WO4)2:Yb3+ layers co-doped with large concentrations of optically inert Gd3+ and Lu3+ ions were grown by liquid phase epitaxy. Continuous-wave laser operation in a planar waveguide configuration was observed at 1025 nm. For 23% output coupling.. a maximum output power of 195 mW was obtained; a slope efficiency of 82.3% was derived, which to the best of our knowledge is the highest value yet reported for a planar waveguide laser to date. For 1.7% Output coupling, a laser threshold as low as 18 mW of absorbed pump power was achieved, which is largely due to the enhanced refractive index contrast of similar to 7.5 x 10-3 between the active layer and the undoped KY(WO4)2 substrate attained by the co-doping, leading to well-confined pump and laser modes.
van Dalfsen, K.
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Aravazhi, S.
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Grivas, C.
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Garcia-Blanco, S.M.
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Pollnau, M.
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6 May 2012
van Dalfsen, K.
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Aravazhi, S.
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Grivas, C.
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Garcia-Blanco, S.M.
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Pollnau, M.
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van Dalfsen, K., Aravazhi, S., Grivas, C., Garcia-Blanco, S.M. and Pollnau, M.
(2012)
Highly efficient KY1-x-yGdxLuy(WO4)2:Tm3+ channel waveguide lasers.
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science (QELS) 2012, , San Jose, United States.
06 - 11 May 2012.
(doi:10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CTu2D.5).
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High-quality crystalline KY(WO4)2:Yb3+ layers co-doped with large concentrations of optically inert Gd3+ and Lu3+ ions were grown by liquid phase epitaxy. Continuous-wave laser operation in a planar waveguide configuration was observed at 1025 nm. For 23% output coupling.. a maximum output power of 195 mW was obtained; a slope efficiency of 82.3% was derived, which to the best of our knowledge is the highest value yet reported for a planar waveguide laser to date. For 1.7% Output coupling, a laser threshold as low as 18 mW of absorbed pump power was achieved, which is largely due to the enhanced refractive index contrast of similar to 7.5 x 10-3 between the active layer and the undoped KY(WO4)2 substrate attained by the co-doping, leading to well-confined pump and laser modes.
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Published date: 6 May 2012
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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science (QELS) 2012, , San Jose, United States, 2012-05-06 - 2012-05-11
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