High efficiency laser action of 1% at. Yb3+:Sc2O3 ceramic

Year: 2012

Authors: Pirri A., Toci G., Nikl M., Vannini M.

Autors Affiliation: Istituto di Fisica Applicata N. Carrara, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, IFAC-CNR, Via Madonna del Piano 10 C, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy; Institute of Physics Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Cukrovarnicka 10, Prague 162 53, Czech Republic

Abstract: We report the spectroscopic characteristics and the laser performances of a low-doped 1% at. Yb:Sc2O3 ceramic sample. Under endpumping at 933 nm and 968 nm in quasi-CW mode, at 1040.5 nm the laser delivers a maximum output power of 4.3 W and 1.77 W, respectively with a corresponding slope efficiency of 74% and 80%, which are, to the best of our knowledge, the highest value reported in literature for ceramics. We explored the tuning range of the sample, which spans from 1005 nm to 1050.5 nm, and finally we characterized the low losses tunable cavity at 1032 nm.

Journal/Review: OPTICS EXPRESS

Volume: 20 (20)      Pages from: 22134  to: 22142

More Information: The research was supported by Regione Toscana, project \”CTOTUS-Progetto integrato per lo sviluppo della Capacita Tecnologica e Operativa della Toscana per l\’Utilizzo dello Spazio\” (POR FESR 2007-2013 Attivita 1.1 Linea d\’intervento D); by the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, CNR-RSTL \”Ricerca Spontanea a Tema libero\”, id. 959; by the joint project of ASCR and CNR and Czech GA AV project M100100910.
KeyWords: Ytterbium, Ceramic samples; End-pumping; High-efficiency lasers; Laser performance; Maximum output power; Slope efficiencies; Spectroscopic characteristics; Tuning ranges, Ceramic materials, article; ceramics; energy transfer; equipment design; equipment failure analysis; solid state laser, Ceramics; Energy Transfer; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Lasers, Solid-State
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.022134

Citations: 10
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