Spectroscopy and femtosecond laser performance of Yb3+:YAlO3 crystal.
We report what we believe to be the first demonstration of cw and passively mode-locked Yb(3+):YAlO(3) (Yb:YAP) laser operation under diode pumping. Spectroscopic properties of a 0.6 at.%Yb(3+)-doped YAP single crystal were investigated. Output power up to 1.2 W with slope efficiency of 64.5% in the cw regime and 225 fs pulse duration with average power of 0.8 W from a mode-locked Yb:YAP laser were demonstrated.
Kisel
Viktor E
VE
Institute for Optical Materials and Technologies, Belarusian National Technical University, Minsk, Belarus.
Kurilchik
Sergey V
SV
Yasukevich
Anatol S
AS
Grigoriev
Sergey V
SV
Smirnova
Sofya A
SA
Kuleshov
Nikolay V
NV