Growth, polarized spectral properties, and 1.5-1.6 μm laser operation of Er:Yb:Sr3Gd2(BO3)4 crystal

被引：20
作者：
Huang, J. H. [1 ,2 ]
Chen, Y. J. [1 ]
Gong, X. H. [1 ]
Lin, Y. F. [1 ]
Luo, Z. D. [1 ]
Huang, Y. D. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Fujian Inst Res Struct Matter, Key Lab Optoelect Mat Chem & Phys, Fuzhou 350002, Fujian, Peoples R China
[2] Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Sch, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
来源：
APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS | 2009年 / 97卷 / 02期
基金：
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词：
RARE-EARTH IONS; SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTIES; YB-YAL3(BO3)(4) LASER; CONTINUOUS-WAVE; YB-YCOB; ER3+; ABSORPTION; PERFORMANCE; INTENSITIES;
D O I：
10.1007/s00340-009-3570-4
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
An Er:Yb:Sr3Gd2(BO3)(4) crystal was grown by the Czochralski method. The polarized spectral properties of the crystal were investigated, including the polarized absorption and fluorescence spectra and fluorescence decay. The fluorescence quantum efficiency of the upper laser level I-4(13/2) of Er3+ ions and the efficiency of the energy transfer from Yb3+ to Er3+ ions were calculated. End-pumped by a diode laser at 970 nm in a hemispherical cavity, a 1.6 W quasi-cw laser at 1.5-1.6 mu m with a slope efficiency of 18% and an absorbed pump threshold of 5.9 W was achieved in a 1.8-mm-thick Z-cut Er:Yb:Sr3Gd2(BO3)(4) crystal. This crystal has a flat and broad gain curve at 1.5-1.6 mu m and so is also a potential gain medium for tunable and short pulse lasers.
引用
收藏
页码：431 / 437
页数：7
相关论文
共 32 条
  • [11] OPTICAL-TRANSITION PROBABILITIES FOR ER3+ IN KY (WO4)2 CRYSTAL
    HUANG, YD
    LUO, ZD
    WANG, GF
    [J]. OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS, 1992, 88 (01) : 42 - 46
  • [12] OPTICAL ABSORPTION INTENSITIES OF RARE-EARTH IONS
    JUDD, BR
    [J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW, 1962, 127 (03): : 750 - &
  • [13] Superior characteristics of organic chalcone single crystals as efficient nonlinear optical material
    Kiran, A. John
    Kim, H. C.
    Kim, K.
    Rotermund, F.
    Ravindra, H. J.
    Dharmaprakash, S. M.
    Lim, H.
    [J]. APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 2008, 92 (11)
  • [14] Diode-pumped passively mode-locked Er, Yb: YAl3(BO3)4 laser at 1.5-1.6 μm
    Lagatsky, A. A.
    Kisel, V. E.
    Troshin, A. E.
    Tolstik, N. A.
    Kuleshov, N. V.
    Leonyuk, N. I.
    Zhukov, A. E.
    Rafailov, E. U.
    Sibbett, W.
    [J]. OPTICS LETTERS, 2008, 33 (01) : 83 - 85
  • [15] ROOM-TEMPERATURE CW LASER ACTION OF Y2SIO5-YB-3+,ER-3+ AT 1.57-MU
    LI, C
    SOURIAU, JC
    BOREL, C
    WYON, C
    [J]. OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS, 1994, 107 (1-2) : 61 - 64
  • [16] Radiative-trapping and fluorescence-concentration quenching effects of Yb:YAl3(BO3)4 crystals
    Liao, Jinsheng
    Lin, Yanfu
    Chen, Yujin
    Luo, Zundu
    Ma, En
    Gong, Xinghong
    Tan, Qiguang
    Huang, Yidong
    [J]. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS, 2006, 23 (12) : 2572 - 2580
  • [17] Luo ZD, 1997, OPT COMMUN, V134, P415, DOI 10.1016/S0030-4018(96)00386-0
  • [18] Spectroscopic studies of Ln2Ca3B4O12-Nd3+ (Ln = Y, La, Gd) crystals
    Mill, BV
    Tkachuk, AM
    Belokoneva, EL
    Ershova, GI
    Mironov, DI
    Razumova, IK
    [J]. JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS, 1998, 275 : 291 - 294
  • [19] INTENSITIES OF CRYSTAL SPECTRA OF RARE-EARTH IONS
    OFELT, GS
    [J]. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 1962, 37 (03) : 511 - &
  • [20] SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTIES AND DIODE-PUMPED 1.6 MU-M LASER PERFORMANCE IN YB-CODOPED ER Y3AL5O12 AND ER Y2SIO5
    SCHWEIZER, T
    JENSEN, T
    HEUMANN, E
    HUBER, G
    [J]. OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS, 1995, 118 (5-6) : 557 - 561
1234