title: Continuous wave waveguide lasers of swift argon ion irradiated Nd:YVO4 waveguides.
abstract: We report on the fabrication of planar waveguide in Nd:YVO(4) crystal by using swift Ar(8+) ion irradiation. At room temperature continuous wave (cw) laser oscillation at wavelength of ~1067 nm has been realized through the optical pump at 808 nm with a low threshold of 9.3 mW. The slope efficiency of the waveguide laser system is of 8.5%. The optical-to-optical conversion efficiency is 6.6%.
authors: School of Physics, Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation (MOE) and State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China.
authors: Yicun
authors: Y
authors: Yao
authors: Ningning
authors: N
authors: Dong
authors: Feng
authors: F
authors: Chen
authors: Lilong
authors: L
authors: Pang
authors: Zhiguang
authors: Z
authors: Wang
authors: Qingming
authors: Q
authors: Lu
mesh_terms: D001128:Argon / Q000737:chemistry*; D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007834:Lasers; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D001128:Argon