NONPHOTOREFRACTIVE CW TM-INDIFFUSED TI-LINBO3 WAVE-GUIDE LASER OPERATING AT ROOM-TEMPERATURE

Authors
DESANDRO JP JONES JK SHEPHERD DP HEMPSTEAD M WANG J TROPPER AC
Citation
Jp. Desandro et al., NONPHOTOREFRACTIVE CW TM-INDIFFUSED TI-LINBO3 WAVE-GUIDE LASER OPERATING AT ROOM-TEMPERATURE, IEEE photonics technology letters, 8(2), 1996, pp. 209-211
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
8
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
209 - 211
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1996)8:2<209:NCTTWL>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
We report laser operation at 1.81 mu m and 1.85 mu m in a Tm3+:LiNbO3 Ti-diffused waveguide doped by thermal indiffusion at high temperature . We believe this is the first time lasing has been seen in Tm:LiNbO3 at room temperature, Continuous-wave operation was achieved at room te mperature with a threshold of 42 mW launched pump power. The output po wer was observed to be stable, without any sign of photorefractive dam age.