Optical bistability in the operation of a continuous-wave diode-pumped Yb:LuVO<sub>4</sub> laser

doi:10.1364/OE.14.012183

Optical bistability in the operation of a continuous-wave diode-pumped Yb:LuVO₄ laser

Junhai Liu, Valentin Petrov, Uwe Griebner, Frank Noack, Huaijin Zhang, Jiyang Wang, and Minhua Jiang »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 14, Issue 25, pp. 12183-12187 (2006)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.14.012183

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Abstract

We report on sizable optical bistability in the operation of a continuous-wave diode-pumped Yb:LuVO₄ laser, as a result of the resonant reabsorption losses in the laser crystal which increase with the temperature. Significant intensity fluctuations have been observed in a small operational region near the critical point.

OCIS Codes
(140.3480) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, diode-pumped
(140.3580) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, solid-state
(140.5680) Lasers and laser optics : Rare earth and transition metal solid-state lasers

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Lasers and Laser Optics

History
Original Manuscript: October 16, 2006
Revised Manuscript: November 23, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: November 26, 2006
Published: December 11, 2006

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Junhai Liu, Valentin Petrov, Uwe Griebner, Frank Noack, Huaijin Zhang, Jiyang Wang, and Minhua Jiang, "Optical bistability in the operation of a continuous-wave diode-pumped Yb:LuVO₄ laser," Opt. Express 14, 12183-12187 (2006)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-14-25-12183

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A. E. Siegman, Lasers (University Science, Mill Valley, Calif., 1986), Chap. 13.7.
R. W. Boyd, Nonlinear Optics (Academic Press, Inc., San Diego, Calif., 1992), Chap. 6.3.
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Ph. Goldner, O. Guillot-Noël, and P. Higel, "Optical bistability in Yb3+:YCa4O(BO3)3 crystal," Opt. Mater. 26, 281-286 (2004). [CrossRef]
S. Ruschin and S. H. Bauer, "Bistability, hysteresis and critical behavior of a CO2 laser, with SF6 intracavity as a saturable absorber," Chem. Phys. Lett. 66, 100-103 (1979). [CrossRef]
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X. Huang, A. Stintz, H. Li, A. Rice, G. T. Liu, L. F. Lester, J. Cheng, and K. J. Malloy, "Bistable operation of a two-section 1.3-μm InAs quantum dot laser—absorption saturation and the quantum confined Stark effect," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 37, 414-417 (2001). [CrossRef]
J. M. Oh and D. Lee, "Strong optical bistability in a simple L-band tunable erbium-doped fiber ring laser," IEEE J. Quantum Electron., 40, 374-377 (2004). [CrossRef]
S. Ishii and T. Baba, "Bistable lasing in twin microdisk photonic molecules," Appl. Phys. Lett . 87, 181102-1-3 (2005). [CrossRef]
J. Liu, X. Mateos, H. Zhang, J. Wang, M. Jiang, U. Griebner, and V. Petrov, "Continuous-wave laser operation of Yb:LuVO4," Opt. Lett. 30, 3162-3164 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
L. A. Lugiato, P. Mandel, S. T. Dembinski, and A. Kossakowski, "Semiclassical and quantum theories of bistability in lasers containing saturable absorbers," Phys. Rev. A 18, 238-254 (1978). [CrossRef]

Chem. Phys. Lett.

S. Ruschin and S. H. Bauer, "Bistability, hysteresis and critical behavior of a CO2 laser, with SF6 intracavity as a saturable absorber," Chem. Phys. Lett. 66, 100-103 (1979). [CrossRef]

IEEE J. Quantum Electron.

T. G. Dziura, "Beyond mean field and plane wave theories of bistable semiconductor lasers," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 22, 651-654 (1986). [CrossRef]
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J. M. Oh and D. Lee, "Strong optical bistability in a simple L-band tunable erbium-doped fiber ring laser," IEEE J. Quantum Electron., 40, 374-377 (2004). [CrossRef]

J. Phys. Chem. B

D. R. Gamelin, S. R. Lüthi, and H. U. Güdel, "The role of laser heating in the intrinsic optical bistability of Yb3+-doped bromide lattices," J. Phys. Chem. B 104, 11045-11057 (2000). [CrossRef]

Opt. Lett.

J. Liu, X. Mateos, H. Zhang, J. Wang, M. Jiang, U. Griebner, and V. Petrov, "Continuous-wave laser operation of Yb:LuVO4," Opt. Lett. 30, 3162-3164 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Mater.

Ph. Goldner, O. Guillot-Noël, and P. Higel, "Optical bistability in Yb3+:YCa4O(BO3)3 crystal," Opt. Mater. 26, 281-286 (2004). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. A

L. A. Lugiato, P. Mandel, S. T. Dembinski, and A. Kossakowski, "Semiclassical and quantum theories of bistability in lasers containing saturable absorbers," Phys. Rev. A 18, 238-254 (1978). [CrossRef]

Other

A. E. Siegman, Lasers (University Science, Mill Valley, Calif., 1986), Chap. 13.7.
R. W. Boyd, Nonlinear Optics (Academic Press, Inc., San Diego, Calif., 1992), Chap. 6.3.
S. Ishii and T. Baba, "Bistable lasing in twin microdisk photonic molecules," Appl. Phys. Lett . 87, 181102-1-3 (2005). [CrossRef]

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[1] A. E. Siegman, Lasers (University Science, Mill Valley, Calif., 1986), Chap. 13.7.

[2] R. W. Boyd, Nonlinear Optics (Academic Press, Inc., San Diego, Calif., 1992), Chap. 6.3.

[3] D. R. Gamelin, S. R. Lüthi, and H. U. Güdel, "The role of laser heating in the intrinsic optical bistability of Yb3+-doped bromide lattices," J. Phys. Chem. B 104, 11045-11057 (2000). [CrossRef]

[4] Ph. Goldner, O. Guillot-Noël, and P. Higel, "Optical bistability in Yb3+:YCa4O(BO3)3 crystal," Opt. Mater. 26, 281-286 (2004). [CrossRef]

[5] S. Ruschin and S. H. Bauer, "Bistability, hysteresis and critical behavior of a CO2 laser, with SF6 intracavity as a saturable absorber," Chem. Phys. Lett. 66, 100-103 (1979). [CrossRef]

[6] T. G. Dziura, "Beyond mean field and plane wave theories of bistable semiconductor lasers," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 22, 651-654 (1986). [CrossRef]

[7] X. Huang, A. Stintz, H. Li, A. Rice, G. T. Liu, L. F. Lester, J. Cheng, and K. J. Malloy, "Bistable operation of a two-section 1.3-μm InAs quantum dot laser—absorption saturation and the quantum confined Stark effect," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 37, 414-417 (2001). [CrossRef]

[8] J. M. Oh and D. Lee, "Strong optical bistability in a simple L-band tunable erbium-doped fiber ring laser," IEEE J. Quantum Electron., 40, 374-377 (2004). [CrossRef]

[9] S. Ishii and T. Baba, "Bistable lasing in twin microdisk photonic molecules," Appl. Phys. Lett . 87, 181102-1-3 (2005). [CrossRef]

[10] J. Liu, X. Mateos, H. Zhang, J. Wang, M. Jiang, U. Griebner, and V. Petrov, "Continuous-wave laser operation of Yb:LuVO4," Opt. Lett. 30, 3162-3164 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[11] L. A. Lugiato, P. Mandel, S. T. Dembinski, and A. Kossakowski, "Semiclassical and quantum theories of bistability in lasers containing saturable absorbers," Phys. Rev. A 18, 238-254 (1978). [CrossRef]

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