CW and Q-switched laser output of LD-end-pumped 1.06μm c-cut Nd:LuVO<sub>4</sub>laser

doi:10.1364/OE.15.003206

CW and Q-switched laser output of LD-end-pumped 1.06μm c-cut Nd:LuVO₄laser

Haohai Yu, Huaijin Zhang, Zhengping Wang, Jiyang Wang, Zongshu Shao, Minhua Jiang, and Xingyu Zhang »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 15, Issue 6, pp. 3206-3211 (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.15.003206

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The continuous-wave (cw) and pulsed laser performances of laser-diode (LD)-end-pumped c-cut Nd:LuVO₄ at 1.06 μm were achieved for the first time. Maximum cw output of 2.35W was obtained. Compared with the cw laser output of a-cut Nd:LuVO₄ crystal, the efficient emission cross-section of the c-cut crystal has been calculated to be 3.24×10^-19 cm². The largest pulse repetition rate, shortest pulse width, largest pulse energy and highest peak power were measured to be 20 kHz, 12 ns, 84.93 μJ and 7.02 kW, respectively, by using Cr⁴⁺:YAG crystals as the saturable absorbers in the passive pulsed laser output experiments.

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(140.3540) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, Q-switched
(140.3580) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, solid-state

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Lasers and Laser Optics

History
Original Manuscript: January 26, 2007
Revised Manuscript: February 27, 2007
Manuscript Accepted: February 27, 2007
Published: March 19, 2007

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Haohai Yu, Huaijin Zhang, Zhengping Wang, Jiyang Wang, Zongshu Shao, Minhua Jiang, and Xingyu Zhang, "CW and Q-switched laser output of LD-end-pumped 1.06μm c-cut Nd:LuVO₄laser," Opt. Express 15, 3206-3211 (2007)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-15-6-3206

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Birnbaum, M.
Chartier, I.
Chen, Y. F.
Cheng, Y.
Degnan, J. J.
Dell’Acqua, S.
DeShazer, L. G.
Doualan, J. L.
Du, C.
Fields, R. A.
Fincher, C. L.
Gao, L.
Gao, W.
Garapon, C.
Guandalini, A.
He, J.
Hu, D.
Hu, X.
Huber, G.
Jensen, T.
Jiang, M.
Kong, H.
Lan, Y. P.
Ling, Z.
Liu, F.
Liu, J.
Maunier, C.
Meng, X.
Mermilliod, N.
Meyn, J.-P.
Moncorgé, R.
Ostroumov, V. G.
Pan, S.
Petrov, V.
Piccinno, G.
Popov, P. A.
Ran, D.
Reali, G.
Romero, R.
Ruan, S.
Shao, Z.
Shcherbakov, I. A.
Shcherbalov, L. A.
Studenikin, P. A.
Sun, L.
Sun, S.
Tao, X.
Wang, C.
Wang, J.
Wang, Q.
Wang, Y.
Wang, Z.
Weber, H.
Xia, H.
Xu, X.
Yaney, P. P.
Yang, J.
Yu, Y.
Zagumennyi, A. I.
Zavartsev, Yu. D.
Zhang, H.
Zhang, Q.
Zhang, S.
Zhang, X.
Zhao, S.
Zhu, L.

Acta Photonica Sinica

Z. Wang, C. Du, H. Zhang, S. Ruan, D. Hu, Y. Wang, X. Xu, and J. Wang, "LD-pumped Nd:LuVO4/Cr4+:YAG passively Q-switched laser," Acta Photonica Sinica 35, 1130-1132 (2006) (in Chinese)

Appl. Opt.

H. Zhang, J. Liu, J. Wang, X. Xu and M. Jiang, "Continuous-wave laser performance of Nd:LuVO4 crystal operating at 1.34 µm," Appl. Opt. 44, 7439-7441 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Appl. Phys. B

Y. Cheng, H. Zhang, Y. Yu, J. Wang, X. Tao, J. Liu, V. Petrov, Z. Ling, H. Xia, and M. Jiang, "Thermal properties and continuous-wave laser performance of Yb:LuVO4 crystal," Appl. Phys. B, in press.
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Appl. Phys. B.

T. Jensen, V. G. Ostroumov, J.-P. Meyn, G. Huber, A. I. Zagumennyi, and L. A. Shcherbalov, "Spectroscopic characterization and laser performance of diode-laser-pumped Nd:GdVO4," Appl. Phys. B. 58, 373-379 (1994). [CrossRef]

Appl. Phys. Lett.

R. A. Fields, M. Birnbaum, and C. L. Fincher, "Highly efficient Nd:YVO4 diode-laser end-pumped laser," Appl. Phys. Lett. 51, 1885-1886 (1987). [CrossRef]

IEEE J. Quantum. Elect.

J. J. Degnan "Optimization of passively Q-switched lasers," IEEE J. Quantum. Elect. 31, 1890-1901 (1995). [CrossRef]
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N. Mermilliod, R. Romero, I. Chartier, C. Garapon, and R. Moncorgé, "Performance of various diode-pumped Nd:Laser materials: influence of inhomogeneous broadening," IEEE J. Quantum. Elect. 28, 1179-1187 (1992). [CrossRef]

IEEE J. Quantum. Electron

X. Zhang, S. Zhao, Q. Wang, Q. Zhang, L. Sun and S. Zhang, "Optimization of Cr4+-doped saturable-absorber Q-switched lasers," IEEE J. Quantum. Electron 33, 2286-2294 (1997) [CrossRef]

J. Cryst. Groth.

H. Zhang, H. Kong, S. Zhao, J. Liu, J. Wang, Z. Wang, L. Gao, C. Du, X. Hu, X. Xu, Z. Shao and M. Jiang, "Growth of new laser crystal Nd:LuVO4 by the Czochralski method," J. Cryst. Groth. 256, 292-297 (2003). [CrossRef]

J. Opt. Am. B

X. Zhang, S. Zhao, and Q. Wang, "Modeling of passively Q-switched lasers," J. Opt. Am. B 17, 1166-1175 (2000). [CrossRef]

J. Opt. Soc. Am.

P. P. Yaney and L. G. DeShazer "Spectroscopic studies and analysis of laser states of Nd3+ in YVO4," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 66, 1405-1414 (1976). [CrossRef]

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B.

C. Maunier, J. L. Doualan and R. Moncorgé, "Growth, spectroscopic characterization, and laser performance of Nd:LuVO4, a new infrared laser material that is suitable for diode pumping," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B. 19, 1794-1800 (2002.). [CrossRef]
H. Zhang, J. Liu, J. Wang, C. Wang, L. Zhu, Z. Shao, X. Meng, X. Hu, M, Jiang, and Y. T. Chow, "Characterization of the laser crystal Nd:GdVO4," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B. 19, 18-27 (2002). [CrossRef]

Opt. Commun.

J. Liu, J. Yang, and J. He, "Diode-pumped passively Q-switched c-cut Nd:GdVO4 laser," Opt. Commun. 219, 317-321 (2003). [CrossRef]

Opt. Laser Technol.

F. Liu, H. Xia, S. Pan, W. Gao, D. Ran, S. Sun, Z. Ling, H. Zhang, S. Zhao and J. Wang, "Passively Q-switched Nd:LuVO4 laser using Cr4+:YAG as saturable absorber," Opt. Laser Technol.in press.

Opt. Lett.

Quantum Electron.

P. A. Studenikin, A. I. Zagumennyi, Yu. D. Zavartsev, P. A. Popov, and I. A. Shcherbakov, "GdVO4 as a new medium for solid-state lasers: some optical and thermal properties of crystals doped with Cd3+, Tm3+, and Er3+ ions," Quantum Electron. 25, 1162-1165 (1995). [CrossRef]

Other

H. Ogilvy, M. J. Withfold, P. Dekker, and J. A. Piper, "Efficient diode double-end-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser operating at 1342nm," Opt. Express 11, 2411-2415 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

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