Efficient and tunable continuous-wave diode-pumped Yb3+:Ca4GdO(BO3)3 laser.
- 20 February 1999
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Applied Optics
- Vol. 38 (6) , 976-979
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.38.000976
Abstract
A Yb3+:Ca4GdO(BO3)3 (Yb:GdCOB) crystal has been diode pumped for the first time to our knowledge. We obtained 47.5% slope efficiency at 6 °C, producing 191 mW of power at 1050 nm, with a 2.4% output coupler. Temperature does not significantly affect the laser performance: At room temperature we still obtained 180 mW of power for the same cavity. We achieved tunability of the Yb:GdCOB laser from 1035 to 1088 nm with a 1.7% output coupler and 100-nm tunability with a low-transmission output coupling (T = 0.03%).Keywords
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