Efficient lasing in diode-pumped Yb{sup 3+}:CaF{sub 2}-SrF{sub 2} solid-solution single crystals

Journal Article · Wed Oct 31 04:00:00 EDT 2007 · Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/QE2007V037N10ABEH013662· OSTI ID:21466735

Basiev, T T; Vasil'ev, S V; Doroshenko, M E; Konyushkin, V A; Kuznetsov, S V; Osiko, V V; Fedorov, P P ^[1]

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1. Laser Materials and Technology Research Center, A. M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russian Federation)

Single crystals of solid solutions of a high optical quality are grown in the concentration vicinity of the saddle point of the ternary CaF{sub 2}-SrF{sub 2}-YbF{sub 3} system. Efficient lasing with a small Stokes shift (at 1025 nm) was obtained in 980-nm diode-pumped single crystals. The total lasing efficiency (with respect to the absorbed average pump power) was 59% and the slope efficiency was 83%. (special issue devoted to the 25th anniversary of the a.m. prokhorov general physics institute)

• OSTI ID: 21466735
• Journal Information: Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.), Journal Name: Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.) Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 37; ISSN 1063-7818
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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