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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 20, Iss. 3 — Jan. 30, 2012
  • pp: 1969–1974

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Continuous wave channel waveguide lasers in Nd:LuVO4 fabricated by direct femtosecond laser writing

Yingying Ren, Ningning Dong, John Macdonald, Feng Chen, Huaijin Zhang, and Ajoy K. Kar  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 3, pp. 1969-1974 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.001969


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Abstract

Buried channel waveguides in Nd:LuVO4 were fabricated by femtosecond laser writing with the double-line technique. The photoluminescence properties of the bulk materials were found to be well preserved within the waveguide core region. Continuous-wave laser oscillation at 1066.4 nm was observed from the waveguide under ~809 nm optical excitation, with the absorbed pump power at threshold and laser slope efficiency of 98 mW and 14%, respectively.

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OCIS Codes
(140.3380) Lasers and laser optics : Laser materials
(230.7380) Optical devices : Waveguides, channeled
(350.3390) Other areas of optics : Laser materials processing

ToC Category:
Lasers and Laser Optics

History
Original Manuscript: November 28, 2011
Revised Manuscript: January 8, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: January 9, 2012
Published: January 13, 2012

Citation
Yingying Ren, Ningning Dong, John Macdonald, Feng Chen, Huaijin Zhang, and Ajoy K. Kar, "Continuous wave channel waveguide lasers in Nd:LuVO4 fabricated by direct femtosecond laser writing," Opt. Express 20, 1969-1974 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-3-1969


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