Femtosecond-laser-written Tm:KLu(WO4)2 waveguide lasers

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作者
Kifle, Esrom [1 ]
Mateos, Xavier [1 ,2 ]
Rodriguez Vazquez de Aldana, Javier [3 ]
Rodenas, Airan [1 ,4 ]
Loiko, Pavel [5 ]
Choi, Sun Yung [6 ]
Rotermund, Fabian [7 ]
Griebner, Uwe [2 ]
Petrov, Valentin [2 ]
Aguilo, Magdalena [1 ]
Diaz, Francesc [1 ]
机构
[1] URV, Fis & Cristallog Mat & Nanomat FiCMA, Campus Sescelades,C Marcelli Domingo S-N, E-43007 Tarragona, Spain
[2] Max Born Inst Nonlinear Opt & Short Pulse Spec, Max Born Str 2a, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
[3] Univ Salamanca, Aplicac Laser & Foton, E-37008 Salamanca, Spain
[4] CNR, IFN, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milan, Italy
[5] ITMO Univ, 49 Kronverkskiy Pr, St Petersburg 197101, Russia
[6] Ajou Univ, Dept Energy Syst Res, Suwon 16499, South Korea
[7] Korea Adv Inst Sci & Technol, Dept Phys, 291 Daehak Ro, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
基金
新加坡国家研究基金会;
关键词
70-PERCENT SLOPE EFFICIENCY; DOUBLE TUNGSTATE; OUTPUT POWER; KLU(WO4)(2); DEVICES; GROWTH; GLASS; BULK;
D O I
10.1364/OL.42.001169
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Depressed-index channel waveguides with a circular and photonic crystal cladding structures are prepared in a bulk monoclinic Tm:KLu(WO4)(2) crystal by 3D direct femto-second laser writing. The channel waveguide structures are characterized and laser operation is achieved using external mirrors. In the continuous-wave mode, the maximum output power of 46 mW is achieved at 1912 nm corresponding to a slope efficiency of 15.2% and a laser threshold of only 21 mW. Passive Q-switching of a waveguide with a circular cladding is realized using single-walled carbon nanotubes. Stable 7 nJ/50 ns pulses are achieved at a repetition rate of 1.48 MHz. This first demonstration of similar to 2 mu m fs-laser-written waveguide lasers based on monoclinic double tungstates is promising for further lasers of this type doped with Tm3+ and Ho3+ ions. (C) 2017 Optical Society of America
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页码:1169 / 1172
页数:4
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