CW LASER PERFORMANCE OF YB AND ER,YB DOPED TUNGSTATES

Authors
KULESHOV NV LAGATSKY AA SHCHERBITSKY VG MIKHAILOV VP HEUMANN E JENSEN T DIENING A HUBER G
Citation
Nv. Kuleshov et al., CW LASER PERFORMANCE OF YB AND ER,YB DOPED TUNGSTATES, Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics, 64(4), 1997, pp. 409-413
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied",Optics
Journal title
Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09462171
Volume
64
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
409 - 413
Database
ISI
SICI code
0946-2171(1997)64:4<409:CLPOYA>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Room temperature cw laser action of Yb3+-doped KY(WO4)(2) and KGd(WO4) (2) crystals at 1.025 mu m and Er,Yb:KY(WO4)(2) at 1.54 mu m has been demonstrated under pumping by both Ti-sapphire laser and InGaAs laser diodes. A slope efficiency of Yb-lasers up to 78% has been obtained.