title: Diode-end-pumped continuously tunable single frequency Tm, Ho:LLF laser at 2.06 μm.
abstract: We report on a laser diode-end-pumped continuously tunable single frequency Tm, Ho:LLF laser near room temperature. For transmission of 5%, the maximum single frequency output power of 221 mW at 2064.4 nm was obtained by using two uncoated etalons. The single frequency Tm, Ho:LLF laser operated on the fundamental transverse mode with an M2 factor of 1.13, and the output frequency could be tuned continuously near 1.5 GHz by angle tuning only of the 1 mm thick etalon. Furthermore, the influence of output coupler transmission on the laser performance was also investigated. The single frequency laser can be used as a seed laser for coherent Doppler lidar and differential absorption lidar systems.
authors.forename: Xinlu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Su
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Nana
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Jinhui
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Jiaqun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D004735:Energy Transfer; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006695:Holmium / Q000737:chemistry*; D053844:Lasers, Solid-State; D013932:Thulium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D013932:Thulium; D006695:Holmium