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

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:YVO 4 , Yb:GdVO 4 , and Yb:LuVO 4 , and two mixed ones with compositional disorder: Yb 0.007 :Y 0.407 G...

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Veröffentlicht in:	IEEE journal of quantum electronics 2009-07, Vol.45 (7), p.807-815
Hauptverfasser:	Junhai Liu, Wenjuan Han, Huaijin Zhang, Mateos, X., Petrov, V.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bistability Continuous operation Crystalline materials Crystals diode pumping Diodes Disorders Doped-insulator lasers and other solid state lasers Exact sciences and technology Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications) Laser excitation Laser materials Laser optical systems: design and operation Lasers Nonlinear optics Optical bistability Optical bistability, multistability and switching, including local field effects Optical materials Optics Oscillations Physics polarization state Power lasers Pump lasers Pumps Quantum electronics Thermal conductivity Thermal management vanadate crystals Vanadates Yb laser
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Zusammenfassung:	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:YVO 4 , Yb:GdVO 4 , and Yb:LuVO 4 , and two mixed ones with compositional disorder: Yb 0.007 :Y 0.407 Gd 0.586 VO 4 and Yb 0.015 :Lu 0.52 Gd 0.465 VO 4 . 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.
ISSN:	0018-9197 1558-1713
DOI:	10.1109/JQE.2009.2014253