title: Spectroscopy and femtosecond laser performance of Yb3+:YAlO3 crystal.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Optical Materials and Technologies, Belarusian National Technical University, Minsk, Belarus.
authors.forename: Viktor E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Kisel
authors.forename: Sergey V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Kurilchik
authors.forename: Anatol S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Yasukevich
authors.forename: Sergey V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Grigoriev
authors.forename: Sofya A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Smirnova
authors.forename: Nikolay V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Kuleshov