First diode-pumped Yb-doped solid-state laser continuously tunable between 1000 and 1010�nm

Autor: Mathieu Jacquemet, François Balembois, Bernard Ferrand, Sébastien Chénais, Romain Gaume, Patrick Georges, F. Druon
Přispěvatelé: Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique / Elsa, Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique (LCFIO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut d'Optique Graduate School (IOGS)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut d'Optique Graduate School (IOGS)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Laboratoire de Chimie Appliquée de l'État Solide (LCAES), Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris - Chimie ParisTech-PSL (ENSCP), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives - Laboratoire d'Electronique et de Technologie de l'Information (CEA-LETI), Direction de Recherche Technologique (CEA) (DRT (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut d'Optique Graduate School (IOGS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut d'Optique Graduate School (IOGS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Applied Physics B-Laser and Optics
Applied Physics B-Laser and Optics, Springer Verlag, 2004, 78, pp.13-18. ⟨10.1007/s00340-003-1303-7⟩
Applied Physics B-Laser and Optics, 2004, 78, pp.13-18. ⟨10.1007/s00340-003-1303-7⟩
ISSN: 1432-0649
0946-2171
DOI: 10.1007/s00340-003-1303-7
Popis: We demonstrate that the ytterbium-doped medium Yb:YSO can provide laser oscillation in the 1000–1010 nm wavelength range under diode pumping around 980 nm. Ytterbium-doped Y2SiO5 crystal has been chosen for its high emission cross section around 1 μm combined with a strong absorption line at 978 nm. We have developed an original pumping architecture that permits us to overcome problems due to the small difference between pump and laser wavelengths. In this way, laser emission continuously tunable in the 1000–1010 nm wavelength range has been obtained with more than 100 mW of output power. This kind of laser is the first step toward a metrological source around 500 nm stabilized on an I2 absorption line. Furthermore, 100 mW of laser light has been obtained at 998.5 nm, leading to a remarkably low quantum defect of 2.1%.
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