title: Continuous-wave laser operation of Yb:LuVO4.
abstract: We report on the room-temperature spectroscopic properties and continuous-wave laser operation of a new Yb:LuVO4 crystal. The peak absorption cross section for the pi-polarization is 8.42 x 10(-20) cm2 at 985 nm, and the stimulated emission cross section at 1020 nm is 1.03 x 10(-20) cm2. An output power of 0.36 W at 1041 nm was obtained with a slope efficiency of 47% by use of Ti:sapphire laser pumping. With diode pumping the output power reached 1.05 W at the highest available incident pump power of 6.8 W.
authors.affiliation: Max-Born-Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Berlin, Germany. jhliu@mbi-berlin.de
authors.forename: Junhai
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Mateos
authors.forename: Huaijin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jiyang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Minhua
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Uwe
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Griebner
authors.forename: Valentin
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Petrov