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Efficient laser action of Yb:LSO and Yb:YSO oxyorthosilicates crystals under high-power diode-pumping

2004; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 80; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/s00340-004-1698-9

1432-0649

Mathieu Jacquemet, C. Jacquemet, N. Janel, Frédéric Druon, François Balembois, Patrick Georges, Johan Petit, Bruno Viana, D. Vivien, B Ferrand,

Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies

We report here on the efficient laser action of a new Yb-doped crystal Yb3+:Lu2SiO5 (Yb:LSO) under high power diode-pumping (15 W). Its performances were compared to another Yb-doped crystal belonging to the oxyorthosilicate family: the Yb:YSO. For both crystals, more than 7 W of laser radiation around 1 μm was obtained under 14.4 W of incident pump power at 978 nm, leading to high optical conversions of more than 50%. Finally, both crystals demonstrate little sensitivity to pump wavelength drift and exhibit broad tunability at a multiwatt level (more than 4 W over 50 nm and 60 nm, respectively for Yb:LSO and Yb:YSO).