High power eye-safe Er3+:YVO4 laser diode-pumped at 976 nm

被引：1

作者：

Newburgh, G. A. ^{[1
]}

Dubinskii, M. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] US Army, Res Lab, Adelphi Lab Ctr, Sensors & Elect Devices Directorate, 2800 Powder Mill Rd, Adelphi, MD 20783 USA

来源：

ELECTRONICS LETTERS | 2016年 / 52卷 / 10期

关键词：

erbium; yttrium compounds; semiconductor lasers; optical pumping; diffraction gratings; slabs; laser cavity resonators; light polarisation; YVO4:Er3+; size; 10; mm; wavelength 970 nm to 980 nm; wavelength; 1603; nm; quasicontinuous wave regime; -polarisation; sigma-polarisation; laser cavity axis; c-axis; slab; near diffraction limited beam quality; single crystal; laser diode-pumping; high power eye-safe laser; CRYSTALS; RANGE;

D O I：

10.1049/el.2016.0252

中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

The performance of an eye-safe laser based on a Er-doped orthovanadate (Er:YVO4) single crystal, diode-pumped at 976 nm (I-4(15/2) I-4(11/2) transition) and operating at 1603 nm (I-4(13/2) I-4(15/2) transition) with near diffraction limited beam quality is reported. A 10 mm long Er3+:YVO4 slab, cut with its c-axis perpendicular to the laser cavity axis, was pumped in sigma-polarisation and lased in -polarisation. The laser operated in a quasi-continuous wave regime with nearly 9 W output power, and with a slope efficiency of about 39% with respect to absorbed power. This is believed to be the highest efficiency and highest power achieved from an Er3+:YVO4 laser pumped in the 970-980 nm absorption band.

引用

页码：855 / 857

页数：2

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