title: Diode-pumped efficient continuous-wave Yb:Y3Ga5O12 laser at 1035 nm.
abstract: An efficient diode-pumped Yb:Y3Ga5O12 (Yb:YGG) laser was demonstrated by using a high-quality Yb:YGG crystal grown by the optical floating zone method. Continuous-wave laser power up to 2.65 W had been obtained under an incident pump power of 6.71 W at 970 nm, corresponding to an optical-to-optical efficiency of 39.5% and maximum slope efficiency of 84.5%. A modeling calculation of the Yb:YGG laser was also performed, and the theoretical results were consistent with the experimental results.
authors.affiliation: Joint Laboratory of Advanced Technology in Measurement, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Yongdong
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authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zhiyi
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authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Qing
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authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Dehua
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authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zhiguo
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authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Haohai
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authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Huaijin
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authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jiyang
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authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Liang
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