Comparative Study of High-Power Continuous-Wave Laser Performance of Yb-Doped Vanadate Crystals

被引：39
作者：
Liu, Junhai [1 ]
Han, Wenjuan [1 ]
Zhang, Huaijin [2 ]
Mateos, Xavier [3 ]
Petrov, Valentin [4 ]
机构：
[1] Qingdao Univ, Coll Phys, Qingdao 266071, Peoples R China
[2] Shandong Univ, Natl Lab Crystal Mat, Jinan 250100, Peoples R China
[3] Univ Rovira & Virgili, E-43007 Tarragona, Spain
[4] Max Born Inst Nonlinear Opt & Ultrafast Spect, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
来源：
IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS | 2009年 / 45卷 / 07期
基金：
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词：
Bistability; diode pumping; polarization state; vanadate crystals; Yb laser; LOW QUANTUM-DEFECT; OPERATION; DIODE; YB3+-YVO4; YB-LUVO4; SPECTROSCOPY; OSCILLATION; YB-GDVO4;
D O I：
10.1109/JQE.2009.2014253
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：
A comprehensive experimental investigation has been conducted into the high-power continuous-wave (CW) laser performance of isostructural Yb-doped vanadates, including three ordered crystals of Yb:YVO4 Yb:GdVO4, and Yb:LuVO4, and two mixed ones with compositional disorder: Yb-0.007:Y0.407Gd0.586VO4 and Yb-0.015:Lu0.52Gd0.465VO4. The CW laser operation of the different vanadates is compared under nearly identical experimental conditions by using a high-power diode laser as the pump source. In addition to the output characteristics of the individual vanadate lasers, the polarization properties and optical bistability exhibited in the laser oscillation are also discussed. The spectroscopic properties closely related to the laser performance are compared and summarized for these Yb-doped vanadates.
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页码：807 / 815
页数：9
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