Heat generation in Nd doped vanadate crystals with 1.34 μm laser action

doi:10.1364/OPEX.13.004909

Optics Express

Editor: Michael Duncan
Vol. 13, Iss. 13 — Jun. 27, 2005
pp: 4909–4915

Heat generation in Nd doped vanadate crystals with 1.34 μm laser action

Masahito Okida, Masahide Itoh, Toyohiko Yatagai, Hamish Ogilvy, James Piper, and Takashige Omatsu »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 13, Issue 13, pp. 4909-4915 (2005)
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Thermal load in Nd³⁺ doped vanadate crystals with and without laser action at 1.34 µm is investigated. Excited state absorption contributes significantly to a fractional thermal loading as well as quantum defect.

OCIS Codes
(140.3480) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, diode-pumped
(140.3580) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, solid-state
(140.6810) Lasers and laser optics : Thermal effects

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Original Manuscript: May 23, 2005
Revised Manuscript: June 10, 2005
Published: June 27, 2005

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Masahito Okida, Masahide Itoh, Toyohiko Yatagai, Hamish Ogilvy, James Piper, and Takashige Omatsu, "Heat generation in Nd doped vanadate crystals with 1.34 μm laser action," Opt. Express 13, 4909-4915 (2005)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-13-13-4909

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A. Di lieto, P. Minguzzi, A. Piratsu, S. Sanguinetti, and V. Magni, �??A 7-W diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 cw laser at 1.34 μm,�?? Appl. Phys. B 75, 463-466 (2002). [CrossRef]
Jun Liao, Jing-Liang He, Hui Liu, Hui-Tian Wang, S. N. Zhu, Y. Y. Zhu, and N. B. Ming, �??Simultaneous generation of red, green, and blue quasi-continuous-wave coherent radiation based on multiple quasi-phase-matched interactions from a single, aperiodically-poled LiTaO3,�?? Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 3159-3161 (2003). [CrossRef]
T. Jensen, V.G. Ostroumov, J.-P Meyn, G. Huber, A. I. Zagumennyi, and I. A. Shcherbakov, �??Spectroscopic Characterization and Laser Performance of Diode-Laser-Pumped Nd:GdVO4,�?? Appl. Phys. B. 58, 373-379 (1994). [CrossRef]
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Hamish Ogilvy, Michael J. Withford, Peter Dekker and James A. Piper, �??Efficient diode double-end-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser opelating at 1342 nm,�?? Opt. Exp. 11, 2411-2415 (2003), <a href="http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-11-19-2411">http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-11-19-2411</a> [CrossRef]
A. Minassian and M. J. Damzen, �??20 W bounce geometry diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser system at 1342 nm,�?? Opt. Commun. 230, 191-195 (2004). [CrossRef]
L. Fornasiero, S. Kuck, T. Jensen. G. Huber, and B. H. T. Chai, �??Excited state absorption and stimulated emission of Nd3+ in crystals. Part2: YVO4, GdVO4, Sr5(PO4)3F,�?? Appl. Phys. B. 67, 549-553 (1998). [CrossRef]
Justin L. Blows, Takashige Omatsu, Judith Dawes, Helen Pask, and Mitsuhiro Tateda, �??Heat generation in Nd:YVO4 with and without laser action,�?? IEEE Photon. Tech. Lett. 10, 1727-1729 (1998). [CrossRef]
Justin L. Blows, Judith M. Dawes, Takashige Omatsu, �??Thermal lensing measurements in line-focus end-pumped neodymium yttrium aluminium garnet using holographic lateral shearing interferometry,�?? J. Appl. Phys. 83, 2901-2906 (1998). [CrossRef]
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Hong Yuan Shen, Xian Lin Meng, Ge Zhang, Jian Jie Qin, Wen Liu, Li Zhu, Cheng Hui Huang, Lin Xiong Huang, and Ming Wei, �??Sellmeier�??s equation and the expression of the thermal refractive-index coefficient for a Nd0.007Gd0.993VO4 crystal,�?? Appl. Opt. 43, 955-960 (2004). [CrossRef]
T. S. Lomheim, and L. G. DeShazer, �??Optical-absorption intensities of trivalent neodymium in the uniaxial crystal yttrium orthovanadate,�?? J. Appl. Phys. 49, 5517-5522 (1978). [CrossRef]
H. R. Xia, H. D. Jiang, W. Q. Zheng, G. W. Lu, X. L. Meng, H. J. Zhang. X. S. Liu, L. Zhu, and J. Y. Wang, �??Optical parameters and luminescent properties of Nd:GdVO4, �?? J. Appl. Phys. 90, 4433-4436 (2001). [CrossRef]
V. Ostroumov, T. Jensen, J. �??P. Meyn, and G. Huber, �??Study of luminescence concentration quenching and nergy transfer upconversion in Nd-doped LaSc3(BO3)4 and GdVO4 laser crystals,�?? J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 15, 1052-1060 (1998). [CrossRef]
CASTECH web site, <a href="http://www.castech-us.com/ndgdvo4.htm">http://www.castech-us.com/ndgdvo4.htm</a>
Takayo Ogawa, Yoshiharu Urata, Satoshi Wada, Koichi Onodera, Hiroshi Machida, Hideaki Sagae, Mikio Higuchi, and Kohei Kodaira, �??Efficient laser performance of Nd:GdVO4 crystas grown by the floating method,�?? Opt. Lett. 28, 2333-2335 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
D. L. Dexter �??A theory of sensitized luminescence in solids,�?? J. Chem. Phys. 21, 836-850 (1953). [CrossRef]
Chenlin Du, Lianjie Qin, Xianlin Meng, Guibao Xu, Zhengping Wang, Xinguang Xu, Li Zhu, Bingchao Xu, and Zongshu Shao, �??High-power Nd:GdVO4 laser at 1.34 μm end-pumped by laser-diode-array,�?? Opt. Commun. 212, 177-181 (2002). [CrossRef]
H. R. Xia, X. L. Meng, M. Guo, L. Zhu, H. J. Zhang, and J. Y. Wang, �??Spectral parameters of Nd-doped yttrium orthovanadate crystals,�?? J. Appl. Phys. 88, 5134-5137 (2000). [CrossRef]

Appl. Opt.

Hong Yuan Shen, Xian Lin Meng, Ge Zhang, Jian Jie Qin, Wen Liu, Li Zhu, Cheng Hui Huang, Lin Xiong Huang, and Ming Wei, �??Sellmeier�??s equation and the expression of the thermal refractive-index coefficient for a Nd0.007Gd0.993VO4 crystal,�?? Appl. Opt. 43, 955-960 (2004). [CrossRef]

Appl. Phys. B

A. Di lieto, P. Minguzzi, A. Piratsu, S. Sanguinetti, and V. Magni, �??A 7-W diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 cw laser at 1.34 μm,�?? Appl. Phys. B 75, 463-466 (2002). [CrossRef]
T. Jensen, V.G. Ostroumov, J.-P Meyn, G. Huber, A. I. Zagumennyi, and I. A. Shcherbakov, �??Spectroscopic Characterization and Laser Performance of Diode-Laser-Pumped Nd:GdVO4,�?? Appl. Phys. B. 58, 373-379 (1994). [CrossRef]
L. Fornasiero, S. Kuck, T. Jensen. G. Huber, and B. H. T. Chai, �??Excited state absorption and stimulated emission of Nd3+ in crystals. Part2: YVO4, GdVO4, Sr5(PO4)3F,�?? Appl. Phys. B. 67, 549-553 (1998). [CrossRef]

Appl. Phys. Lett.

Jun Liao, Jing-Liang He, Hui Liu, Hui-Tian Wang, S. N. Zhu, Y. Y. Zhu, and N. B. Ming, �??Simultaneous generation of red, green, and blue quasi-continuous-wave coherent radiation based on multiple quasi-phase-matched interactions from a single, aperiodically-poled LiTaO3,�?? Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 3159-3161 (2003). [CrossRef]

IEEE Photon. Tech. Lett.

Justin L. Blows, Takashige Omatsu, Judith Dawes, Helen Pask, and Mitsuhiro Tateda, �??Heat generation in Nd:YVO4 with and without laser action,�?? IEEE Photon. Tech. Lett. 10, 1727-1729 (1998). [CrossRef]

J. Appl. Phys.

Justin L. Blows, Judith M. Dawes, Takashige Omatsu, �??Thermal lensing measurements in line-focus end-pumped neodymium yttrium aluminium garnet using holographic lateral shearing interferometry,�?? J. Appl. Phys. 83, 2901-2906 (1998). [CrossRef]
A. W. Tucker, M. Birnbaum, C. L. Fincher, and J. W. Erler, �??Stimulated-emission cross section at 1064 and 1342nm in Nd:YVO4,�?? J. Appl. Phys. 48, 4907-4911 (1977). [CrossRef]
T. S. Lomheim, and L. G. DeShazer, �??Optical-absorption intensities of trivalent neodymium in the uniaxial crystal yttrium orthovanadate,�?? J. Appl. Phys. 49, 5517-5522 (1978). [CrossRef]
H. R. Xia, H. D. Jiang, W. Q. Zheng, G. W. Lu, X. L. Meng, H. J. Zhang. X. S. Liu, L. Zhu, and J. Y. Wang, �??Optical parameters and luminescent properties of Nd:GdVO4, �?? J. Appl. Phys. 90, 4433-4436 (2001). [CrossRef]
H. R. Xia, X. L. Meng, M. Guo, L. Zhu, H. J. Zhang, and J. Y. Wang, �??Spectral parameters of Nd-doped yttrium orthovanadate crystals,�?? J. Appl. Phys. 88, 5134-5137 (2000). [CrossRef]

J. Chem. Phys.

D. L. Dexter �??A theory of sensitized luminescence in solids,�?? J. Chem. Phys. 21, 836-850 (1953). [CrossRef]

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B

V. Ostroumov, T. Jensen, J. �??P. Meyn, and G. Huber, �??Study of luminescence concentration quenching and nergy transfer upconversion in Nd-doped LaSc3(BO3)4 and GdVO4 laser crystals,�?? J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 15, 1052-1060 (1998). [CrossRef]

Opt. Commun.

Chenlin Du, Lianjie Qin, Xianlin Meng, Guibao Xu, Zhengping Wang, Xinguang Xu, Li Zhu, Bingchao Xu, and Zongshu Shao, �??High-power Nd:GdVO4 laser at 1.34 μm end-pumped by laser-diode-array,�?? Opt. Commun. 212, 177-181 (2002). [CrossRef]
A. Minassian and M. J. Damzen, �??20 W bounce geometry diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser system at 1342 nm,�?? Opt. Commun. 230, 191-195 (2004). [CrossRef]

Opt. Exp.

Hamish Ogilvy, Michael J. Withford, Peter Dekker and James A. Piper, �??Efficient diode double-end-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser opelating at 1342 nm,�?? Opt. Exp. 11, 2411-2415 (2003), <a href="http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-11-19-2411">http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-11-19-2411</a> [CrossRef]

Opt. Lett.

Takayo Ogawa, Yoshiharu Urata, Satoshi Wada, Koichi Onodera, Hiroshi Machida, Hideaki Sagae, Mikio Higuchi, and Kohei Kodaira, �??Efficient laser performance of Nd:GdVO4 crystas grown by the floating method,�?? Opt. Lett. 28, 2333-2335 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Other

CASTECH web site, <a href="http://www.castech-us.com/ndgdvo4.htm">http://www.castech-us.com/ndgdvo4.htm</a>
CASIX web site, <a href="http://www.casix.com/product/Laser_Crystal_NdYVO4.htm">http://www.casix.com/product/Laser_Crystal_NdYVO4.htm</a>

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