Tunable, continuous-wave Ti:sapphire channel waveguide lasers written by femtosecond and picosecond laser pulses

被引：59
作者：
Grivas, Christos [1 ]
Corbari, Costantino [2 ]
Brambilla, Gilberto [2 ]
Lagoudakis, Pavlos G. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Southampton, Sch Phys & Astron, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hants, England
[2] Univ Southampton, Optoelect Res Ctr, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hants, England
来源：
OPTICS LETTERS | 2012年 / 37卷 / 22期
关键词：
SLOPE EFFICIENCY;
D O I：
10.1364/OL.37.004630
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
Fabrication and cw lasing at 798.25 nm is reported for femtosecond (fs) and picosecond (ps) laser-inscribed channel waveguides in Ti:sapphire crystals. Lasing in channels written by fs (ps) pulses was obtained above a threshold of 84 mW (189 mW) with a maximum output power and a slope efficiency of 143 mW (45 mW) and 23.5% (7.1%), respectively. The emission wavelength was tuned over a 170 nm range by using a birefringent filter in an external cavity. (C) 2012 Optical Society of America
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页码：4630 / 4632
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