High power CW diode-pumped laser operation of Yb3+:CaF2 crystal.

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Jacquemet, M [1 ]
Lucca, A [1 ]
Druon, F [1 ]
Balembois, F [1 ]
Georges, P [1 ]
Petit, V [1 ]
Doualan, JL [1 ]
Camy, P [1 ]
Moncorge, R [1 ]
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[1] Ctr Univ, UMR 8501, Inst Opt, Lab Charles Fabry, F-91403 Orsay, France
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SOLID STATE LASERS AND AMPLIFIERS | 2004年 / 5460卷
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10.1117/12.545519
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We present here the first CW high power laser operation obtained under diode-pumping with an Yb3+:CaF2 crystal. This crystal exhibits good thermo-optical properties and can easily be grown in bulk crystals or in thin films. A maximum power of 5.8 W in a diffraction limited beam has been obtained with a 5% ytterbium-doped crystal of 4 mm-long. Moreover, the laser wavelength has been tuned over 54 run, between 1018 and 1072 nm, and the double-pass small-signal gain has been measured to be more than 1.8, showing the great potential of Yb3+:CaF2 as a gain media for ultrashort pulses operation or as amplifier.
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