Highly efficient diode-pumped ytterbium-doped yttrium aluminum berate laser

Authors
Wang, P Dawes, JM Dekker, P Piper, JA
Citation
P. Wang et al., Highly efficient diode-pumped ytterbium-doped yttrium aluminum berate laser, OPT COMMUN, 174(5-6), 2000, pp. 467-470
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN journal
00304018 → ACNP
Volume
174
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
467 - 470
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(20000201)174:5-6<467:HEDYYA>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Efficient operation at 1040 nm of a diode-pumped Yb:YAl3(BO3)(4) laser is r eported. A range of cavity configurations has been investigated, as well as output wavelength range. The maximum output power was 654 mW and slope eff iciency 71% when pumped with a 1.6 W fibre-coupled diode at 976 nm. Further improvement can be expected with an optimised cavity design. Self-frequenc y-doubled operation was also demonstrated. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. A ll rights reserved.