Crystal growth, spectroscopic characterization, and laser operation of Tm/Mg: LiTaO3 crystal

被引:7
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作者
Zhang, Peixiong [1 ,2 ]
Yin, Jigang [1 ]
Zhang, Shuaiyi [3 ]
Zhang, Rui [4 ,5 ]
Zhang, Lianhan [1 ]
Liu, Youchen [1 ]
Xu, Jianqiu [4 ,5 ]
Hang, Yin [1 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Shanghai Inst Opt & Fine Mech, Key Lab High Power Laser Mat, Shanghai 201800, Peoples R China
[2] Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
[3] QingDao Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Math & Phys, Qingdao 266061, Peoples R China
[4] Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ, Key Lab Laser Plasmas, Shanghai 200240, Peoples R China
[5] Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ, Dept Phys, Shanghai 200240, Peoples R China
来源
OPTICAL MATERIALS EXPRESS | 2014年 / 4卷 / 02期
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
RARE-EARTH IONS; EFFICIENT; EMISSION; LINBO3; YAG; TM3+;
D O I
10.1364/OME.4.000255
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Tm, Mg co-doped LiTaO3 crystal is grown by the traditional Czochralski method. By analyzing the absorption and emission measurements of the Tm/Mg: LiTaO3 single crystal with the Judd-Ofelt analysis, the intensity parameters Omega(2,4,6,) transition probabilities, exited state lifetimes, branching ratios, and emission cross-sections were calculated. Non-photorefractive continuous wave laser operation with a Tm/Mg: LiTaO3 single crystal is demonstrated for the first time. We obtained 1.51 W output power at 1.92 mu m with a slope efficiency of near 38.5%, which, to the best of our knowledge, are the largest output power and highest slope efficiency obtained for this crystal thus far. The long-term photorefractive effect was also quantitatively analyzed. (C) 2014 Optical Society of America
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页码:255 / 265
页数:11
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